I see this too. NM stuck at "unplugged". The thing is I only load e1000e on demand with modprobe because I normally don't need Ethernet and want to conserve the few milliwatts it's using when loaded.
So now when I load the module dmesg and NM never pick up link state. mii-tool does though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098298 Title: NetworkManager fails to detect link status change -- Intel 82577LM e1000e To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1098298/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs