[Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf

[Craig Perry]

Hey all,

On another note, I came across a similar issue with suse 9.1 pro. The dhcp client was getting the nameservers but wasn't spitting it into /etc/resolv.conf but, and here's the bit that's confusing me, if I done:

#Ifdown eth1
#ifup eth1

Then checked the resolv.conf, the file had been updated! My resolution for that was to set the interface to manual in yast, then install 'ifplugd' which sorted it out.

Any ideas how to get just the standard suse stuff to do it? Configured through yast.

Cheers,

Craig 'the list spammer'
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Gordon <kyle at lodge.glasgownet.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:48:49 
To:scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 08:26 +0000, Craig Perry wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> After some recent list traffic about the ubuntu distro I decided to give it a go. What a distro!
> 
> The new kernel and gnome 2.8 have turned my machine into a flyer, fantastic! (Only problem is the day before I tried it, I ordered a machine from dell because I was feeling it was getting a bit slow :o) ah well! That was a cracking deal anyway).
> 
> When I installed it, I configured the network interfaces both to use dhcp, (wireless and wired), but could I get it to update /etc/resolv.conf? Could I....
> 
> There was no resolv.conf file and a quick touch /etc/resolv.conf still didn't fix it. I could see dhcp was getting the nameservers (it was showing in it's debug log), the only thing there was close to resolv.conf was a directory /etc/resolvconf/ but in there seemed to be missing some stuff so I did an apt-get install resolvconf and it now works, as if by magic.
> 
> Was this the right thing to do? Was there an easier way to sort it?
> 
> Also is there a neat way to edit the startup scripts, more specifically controlling which ones startup when and in which runlevel or do I need to mess about with the symlinks by hand?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Craig
> 
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Ayeup,

I've been playing a little bit with Ubuntu and came across the same
issue. I've not been able to find a proper solution, and the only
'Ubuntu way' to resolve this was to enter the DNS settings into the
Network Settings applet of Gnome (which just appeared to
edit /etc/resolv.conf). Maybe if I look harder on the net the solution
will appear, but it works as it is.

Kyle


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