At 08:33 PM 3/6/2007, Kevin Mark wrote:
can you ping a ip address and can not ping a domain name? Have you considered booting a livecd and then using debootstrap as a way to install?
I've actually managed to track down this problem. Somehow, for some reason, the DHCP client Debian uses right now was telling my ISP's DHCP server to return completely fresh information and not the information my NIC was registered with. That made it refuse to let me work without logging in, which I couldn't do without a web browser.
I managed to get them to assign me a static IP configuration for a couple hours so I could at least get it installed and to the point that I had a web browser. Since Slackware worked, and it uses dhcpcd, I got rid of the default one and installed dhcpcd. And it immediately began returning the preassigned IP address and even upon reboot is working flawlessly.
Do you think I should file a bug report against the installer, or file one against the client package, or just forget it altogether and be glad I got it working? I have seen several other people on the 'net with the same symptoms, but the causes may have absolutely nothing to do with mine.