Closing the bug report: I don't have access to the hardware anymore. My old AMD64 board died and my new one (different hardware) doesn't expose the problem.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- skge eth0 (wired network) does not get enabled automatically on boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/84218 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs