On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 07:59 -0600, Brian Millett wrote: > I'm running Fedora8, dell d820 laptop. Installed: > NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8 > NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8 > NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0-0.6.3.svn3109.fc8 > NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8 > NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0-8.svn3302.fc8 > NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8 > NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8 > > lspci shows: > 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit > Ethernet PCI > Express (rev 02) > > dmesg shows: > eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM5752KFBG) rev 6002 PHY(5752)] (PCI Express) > 10/100/1000Base-T > Ethernet 00:15:c5:08:5f:59 > eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] > eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] > > Running the miitest I get: > > # miitest eth0 > eth0 supports MII carrier detection > > When I boot with the ethernet cable connected or plug in a cable, it used (a > while ago) to > auto connect, but now it does not.
Quick thing to check; do you have the connection set to autoconnect? Check in GConf using gconf-editor, drill down to /system/networking/connections, find your ethernet connection, and ensure that it's autoconnected. For example, my ethernet connection is at: /system/networking/connections/2/connection and you're looking for the 'autoconnect' key. Dan > From the var log messages: > > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> eth0: Device is fully-supported > using driver > 'tg3'. > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wired Ethernet > (802.3) device > 'eth0'. > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device eth0 > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exporting device as > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_15_c5_08_5f_59 > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is > fully-supported using > driver 'iwl3945'. > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: driver supports SSID > scans (scan_capa > 0x01). > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) > device 'wlan0'. > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device wlan0 > Mar 3 08:01:33 dufus kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0c:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 > (level, low) > -> IRQ 17 > Mar 3 08:01:34 dufus kernel: iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 > 802.11a channels > Mar 3 08:01:34 dufus NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. > Mar 3 08:01:34 dufus NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exporting device as > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_13_02_4f_b8_6d > Mar 3 08:01:36 dufus kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. > Mar 3 08:01:36 dufus kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for > RX. > > > It autoconnects to wireless connections when present, but not wired. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
