reopen 568977 reassign 568977 network-manager thanks John Talbut wrote: > >> If the drivers do not provide the proper sysfs interface, then this >> is a driver/kernel issue. > > It seems as if the interface is present, it is just that NetworkManager > is not finding it. Presumably, since "The point of NetworkManager is to > make networking configuration and setup as painless and automatic as > possible." it should find any network devices if they are present. > > In my case it seems as if NetworkManager is not following the symlink: > >>>> ls -la /sys/class/net/eth0/device/ >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-02-09 14:28 >>> /sys/class/net/eth0/device -> >>> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0 > > So if I look at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0 I get: > > ls -la /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0 > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2010-02-10 05:04 . > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 0 2010-02-10 05:04 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-02-10 06:40 broken_parity_status > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-02-10 06:40 bus -> ../../../../bus/pci > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-02-10 06:40 class > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-02-10 06:40 config > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-02-10 06:40 device > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2010-02-10 06:40 driver -> > ../../../../bus/pci/drivers/r8169
> Which seems to be what you were looking for. Indeed. Let's reopen the bug report and reassign it to network-manager for now. Now we need to find out it that is a problem in udev/libgudev or the way NM is using libgudev. Could you send me the versions of udev/libudev/libgudev you are using, please. Thanks, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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