https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=256382 kmachalkova@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |snwint@novell.com ------- Comment #4 from kmachalkova@novell.com 2007-04-27 06:05 MST ------- hwinfo has 'Link:' key which (probably) provides the same functionality as ethtool and then grep for 'Link detected' But - seems that this information is not available everywhere. I have 1 machine with old Realtek RT8139 cards that happily provide 'Link' information and the other, with nVidia's Giga-byte GA-K8N onboard card (forcedeth driver), where hwinfo returns empty Link key. Steffen, how does all this work? Why certain cards provide hwinfo with link status information and the others do not? Can I rely upon hwinfo when I want to find out whether the device is connected to the cable/access point? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.