Ubuntu
udev package

  1. Bug #341006
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 341006

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Matthew M. Boedicker (matthewm-boedicker) wrote :

Attaching "ubuntu-bug udev" from a vmware virtual machine.

I'm not sure if the virtual nics appear to the OS as any different from the actual hardware they are emulating, but I do know all virtual NICs inside vmware vms have MAC addresses starting with 00:0c:29 or 00:50:56.

I think everyone who uses Debian or Ubuntu inside a vmware vm experiences this issue when cloning vms or when the MAC address changes for another reason. udev remembers the old mac address and assigns a new interface name, breaking the network configuration of the machine.