Public bug reported: The libdnet package was pulled in as a dependency by some package. result: both my ubuntu machines had the same fake mac HWaddr aa:00:04:00:0a:04, that fucked up my network. I deleted the relevant packages (all that had anything to do with libdnet) and it works again.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: dnet-common (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 9 00:46:46 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh SourcePackage: dnprogs UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (25 days ago) ** Affects: dnprogs (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: dnprogs (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric ** Description changed: The libdnet package was pulled in as a dependency by some package. - result: bot my ubuntu machines had the same fake mac HWaddr + result: both my ubuntu machines had the same fake mac HWaddr aa:00:04:00:0a:04, that fucked up my network. I deleted the relevant packages (all that had anything to do with libdnet) and it works again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: dnet-common (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 9 00:46:46 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426) ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh SourcePackage: dnprogs UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (25 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887825 Title: libdnet creates fake mac address To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnprogs/+bug/887825/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs