VIA Velocity link status always "yes"

[Chris Jones]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8

I have an ABit AV8 motherboard with a Via Velocity gigabit ethernet controller onboard.
No matter whether there is a cable connected or not, ethtool reports that the link status is "yes".

While this is not a huge problem, it does mean that the Network Manager applet always believes it can use a wired connection, which is not the case and prevents it attaching to my wireless network automagically.

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The version of Ubuntu that you were using has reached its End Of Life. Please test the latest Ubuntu version (9.10) and report a new bug if necessary.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

Przemysław: Please don't change bug statuses without reading and understanding the bug. 2.6.15 is the Dapper kernel, which is still supported in the Server profile until 2011.

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

Ok, then why is this bug in Fix Committed status?

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Dapper reached EOL, please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade and test, I'll leave the linux task open for that.

Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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