On 2011-07-25 08:15:19 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > wicd sometimes changes the machine host name to its IP address (I'm > connecting from a hotel). After that, various things no longer work, > such as starting X applications (though doing that after a logout > without disconnecting seems to be a workaround).
unison no longer works either. Here's wicd log: 2011/07/25 08:07:25 :: Autoconnecting... 2011/07/25 08:07:25 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2011/07/25 08:07:28 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2011/07/25 08:07:28 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:07:28 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:07:28 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:07:28 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:07:52 :: GetWiredProperty: WiredNetwork does not exist 2011/07/25 08:07:52 :: GetWiredProperty: WiredNetwork does not exist 2011/07/25 08:07:58 :: Connecting to wireless network ALBBLICK 2011/07/25 08:07:58 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:07:58 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:07:58 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:07:58 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Putting interface down 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Setting false IP... 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Flushing the routing table... 2011/07/25 08:07:59 :: Putting interface up... 2011/07/25 08:08:01 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: Running DHCP with hostname xvii 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: All rights reserved. 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ 2011/07/25 08:08:28 :: 2011/07/25 08:08:29 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:21:6a:47:b3:80 2011/07/25 08:08:29 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:21:6a:47:b3:80 2011/07/25 08:08:29 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.131.15 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: DHCPACK from 192.168.131.15 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: bound to 192.168.131.24 -- renewal in 2920 seconds. 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: DHCP connection successful 2011/07/25 08:08:30 :: not verifying 2011/07/25 08:08:50 :: Connecting thread exiting. 2011/07/25 08:08:50 :: Sending connection attempt result Success -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org