Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (807 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/22/2010 09:26 PM, Herbert Graeber wrote:

> Unfortunately there are multiple methods to check the link status and 
> different drivers use different mehods and some cannot check the link status 
> at all. The program ifplugstatus I suggested uses all all known methods for 
> the check. 


Minas-Anor:~ # ifplugstatus
lo: link beat detected
eth0: link beat detected
wlan0: link beat detected


That's buggy, there is no cable connected on my eth0. How can there be a beat?

Minas-Anor:~ # ifplugstatus -v
lo:
    SIOCETHTOOL: link beat detected
    SIOCGMIIPHY failed (Operation not supported)
    Wireless failed.
    IFF_RUNNING: link beat detected
    SIOCDEVPRIVATE failed (Operation not supported)
eth0:
    SIOCETHTOOL: link beat detected
    SIOCGMIIPHY failed (No such device)
    Wireless failed.
    IFF_RUNNING: unplugged
    SIOCDEVPRIVATE failed (No such device)
wlan0:
    SIOCETHTOOL: link beat detected
    SIOCGMIIPHY failed (Operation not supported)
    Wireless: link beat detected
    IFF_RUNNING: link beat detected
    SIOCDEVPRIVATE failed (Operation not supported)
Minas-Anor:~ #


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Cheers / Saludos,

                Carlos E. R.
                (from 11.3 i586 "Teal" Factory-M5 (at Minas Anor))
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