Drew Parsons wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 01:39 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Could you please show me your /etc/network/interfaces? >> > > Attached. It's showing my static office address, since that's the nm > profile I've currently selected.
Try to add the dns-* settings in /e/n/i, as I suggested, that should help. > >> Have you configured the static configuration vi /e/n/i or the >> nm-connection-editor, i.e. a keyfile connection. >> > > No, I did all the configuration using network-manager (i.e the Network > Settings tool). When I select my roaming (dhcp) profile in nm, for > instance, then the static configuration in /etc/network/interfaces > disappears. > > I may have had a look at nm-connection-editor (Gnome > System->Preferences->Network Configuration) but didn't see any useful > settings there (the new 0.7 version seems to have more but I only had a > brief glimpse without configuring settings), so I've been using > System->Administration->Network instead. These are two different tools, not related to each other. The Gnome Network tool will directly edit /etc/resolv.conf, but this information will be lost, as soon as you activate the connection. > >> If you want to pass dns info to NM and you are using /e/n/i, you should use a >> >> dns-nameservers and dns-search stanza (see the resolvconf man page). >> >> If you are using the keyfile plugin, you have to configure a dns server via >> nm-connection-editor under IPv4-Settings. > > I typed in the dns info using the Network Settings (nm) tool, in the DNS > tab and saved it to the fixed Location which I've been having to select > to reset resolv.conf. I haven't been touching /e/n/i manually at all. > > I don't know what the keyfile plugin is so I haven't been using it as > far as I know. Is there a way to check if it might be mixing up my > configuration accidentally? > There are basically three ways, how to store a connection: 1.) As a user connection (stored in gconf) 2.) As a system connection (stored via keyfile plugin, see /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) 3.) As a (read only) system connection (/etc/network/interfaces) -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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