Description of problem: Started the system w/o a physical network connection, NM indicated a wired connection. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.6.4-5.fc6 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Turn on computer w/o network connection and login. 2. 3. Actual results: NetworkManager indicated a wired connection. Expected results: NetworkManager indicating no network connection. Additional info: Wireless is not configured on this system.
Was likely a kernel driver issue, or the NM netlink carrier race issue that's fixed in 0.6.5 and later.