On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 10:40, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO En cette fin de matin�e radieuse du vendredi 11 octobre 2002, vers > 11:27, Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > >> I am trying to detect if there is a cable plugged in the network card > >> however, sungem driver does not seem to support SIOCGMIIPHY. Is there > >> some work around to get the link status ? > > > ethtool works. And if you want to run it as a normal user, fix this: > > <jgarzik> hadess: net/core/dev.c, the calls to dev_ifsioc require > > CAP_NET_ADMIN, even the get-info ioctls > > Most flags return "Operation not permitted". What is the flag to use > to get the link status ?
Did you fix the problem in the kernel as per Jeff Garzik's advice ? I guess not, then you need to run as root. Cheers -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
