I use Ubuntu 9.04 and virt-manager-0.6.1-1ubuntu4--i386 to run virtual machines using kvm and ubuntu 9.10 alpha 5 and finix 93. I have both virtual machines running nicely, with one exception. If I have firestarter's firewall running, the VMs cannot get DHCP offers. I can run "dhclient eth0" manually, and see the dhcp discover packets logged to the console. If I then remove all the firewalling (ctl-p in the firestarter GUI), the VM immediately gets an offer. Internet connection sharing is enabled. I have tried adding a rule to admit packets on the two DHCP ports for network 255.255.255.0/24, but that has not worked.
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