[CentOS] Re: Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing
Robert Spangler
mlists at zoominternet.net
Thu Sep 11 01:06:44 UTC 2008
On Tuesday 09 September 2008 18:18, John R Pierce wrote:
> >> Either way, ethtool should show you detected and current link states
> >> on the connection ;
> >
> > That is not always the case. I cannot get ethtool to work.
> >
> > ~ $ /sbin/ethtool eth0
> > Settings for eth0:
> > No data available
> >
> > And yes I have eth0 up and running.
>
> were you logged on as root? ('$' tends to imply you were not)...
sudo'er. Never log into root unless it really really have to.
> $ /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0
> Settings for eth0:
> Cannot get device settings: Operation not permitted
> Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted
> Cannot get message level: Operation not permitted
> Cannot get link status: Operation not permitted
> No data available
Compare what you got to what I posted.
You will see that you got 'Operation not permitted'
Where I got 'No data available'
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Robert
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