Norbert Gruener wrote: >Hi all, > >I have a "Samsung X10plus" laptop with the builtin ethernet interface >"Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT". I am running the "Sarge" snapshot from >Dec 5th. > >I have my laptop connected to the ethernet before I start booting. >After I had booted my system I submit the command > > "mii-tool eth0" > >and the respond is > > No MIT transceiver present. > > >Then I start "eth0" manually (ifup eth0). Everything works fine. I >get a network connection. Now I stop it again (ifdown eth0) and I >unplug the ethernet cable. When I now submit the command "mii-tool >eth0" I get the answer I was expecting > > eth0: no link > > >My question is why do I get the message "No MIT transceiver present" >right after the booting? > >This behavior makes it impossible to detect if I am hooked to the >network and automatically startup my ethernet interface. > >Any help or any pointer would be appreciated. > >Thank you in advance > >
Weird. What kernel are you running? I have a Dell Poweredge 1750 with two Broacam 5704s running the 2.6 kernel that works fine wrt mii-tool. -- -- Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
