On Monday 11 September 2006 16:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi list, > > I just duplicated my system onto a Thinkpad T40 like this:
[Snip long install story...] > But now the installation is complete, there is a complex bundle of > problems: > > - with NetworkManager: > > - Wired ethernet is claimed to be connected, sometimes reporting > a 169.* ip address, in which case pinging the router fails, or a 192.* > address, in which case the router can be pinged; in both cases I cannot > connect to the internet, even using numerical addresses. NetworkManager > reports: > > "NetworkManager: <information> DHCP returned name servers but system > has disabled dynamic modification!" > > -Wireless connection using wpa_supplicant fails, with this > output: > [Snip long debug output...] > > - If I re-establish my interfaces file and use ifupdown: > > - Wired ethernet with DHCP fails with: > > "DHCPDISCOVER on ethernet to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 > send_packet: Message too long"; > > or with a static setup, it doesn't enable browsing. > > - Wireless works, but not with wpa_supplicant. Uses DHCP and the > airo module. > > AFAIKT (which is not very) this means that there are at least two problems: > DHCP has stopped working for the ethernet interface - presumably because > of some installed program - and wpa_supplicant is not working for the > wireless interface. [...] One problem was a partly-installed dnsutils package: apt claimed it was at the latest version and offered to upgrade it simultaneously! This took care of the DHCP issue I was having; I will start another, more concise thread on the wireless card thingy. Thanks, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
