NetworkManager-0.6.5-0.6.svn2474.fc7 kernel-2.6.20-1.3040.fc7 eth0 is an e100 card Despite having no wired cable plugged into my machine, NetworkManager still tried to get an IP address on the wired network. $ sudo ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 10Mb/s Duplex: Half Port: MII PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) Link detected: no $ ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:4A:00:45:9D inet addr:169.254.197.197 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::201:4aff:fe00:459d/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) $ nm-tool <snip> - Device: eth0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0 Type: Wired Driver: e100 Active: no HW Address: 00:01:4A:00:45:9D Capabilities: Supported: yes Carrier Detect: yes Speed: 10 Mb/s Wired Settings Hardware Link: no
Same here with the Fedora 7 test 4 KDE Live CD and ethtool correctly reporting no link detected because the cable is unplugged on purpose. NetworkManager-0.6.5-1.fc7 In /var/log/messages I have: ... NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. ... NetworkManager: <info> Will activate wired connection 'eth0' because it now has a link. but it doesn't.
looks like dup of #230256
A dupe indeed. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 230256 ***