Ok, I have eliminated Firestarter as the cause of the problem.
How can I be so sure?
Because I uninstalled Firestarter, STILL had the problem, REINSTALLED the OS,
and STILL HAD THE ******* PROBLEM!!!
I have since figured out what I changed that caused it: you know that little
netmanager applet (in GNOME)? well I changed my configuration so that it
didn't start when I logged in, and when I changed it back, I stopped having
the problem. So it would seem that that little applet does more than just
connect to a network. Can I get rid of it? (or just turn off COMPLETELY
whatever it changes?) I'm using Debian Etch, by the way.
Thanks,
Aidan
Aidan Gauland wrote:
Hello,
I've got a really weird problem with my laptop. What I've been doing
that has worked up until now is connect my laptop and desktop via a
loopback ethernet cable, and giving each a static IP address using the
network manager GUI (I'm using GNOME), and we're off. When I try to do
that now, the laptop's IP address changes to 169.254.93.80 within a few
seconds of connecting (I can see this only with ifconfig, but not the
GUI). Looking at the system log, I see a bunch of messages about
DHCPDISCOVER and eventually a message from NetworkManager saying "No
DHCP reply received. Automatically obtaining IP via Zeroconf." And
goes on to say that it's using IP address 169.254.93.80
I don't have the zeroconf package installed, and I can use the laptop
on my school's LAN with no problems. The only recent change I have made
to my system is installing Firestarter, but I turned all that off to try
and solve this problem.
Thanks,
Aidan
