Re: network-manager rant

[Kris Deugau <kdeugau@vianet.ca>]

Anssi Kolehmainen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just updated packages (which upgraded network-manager to 0.8.1-6) and then
> rebooted computer. I was greeted with a five minute wait while ntpd tried to
> query dns which was broken since network-manager decided to start, ignore
> bridge mappings, do dhcp on physical port of the bridge (which of course
> breaks the bridge) and clearing out /etc/resolv.conf. Again.

I've "fixed" irregular meddling with my resolv.conf on Debian and other 
distros by:

a) Remove resolvconf, by force if necessary
b) chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf  (yes, I *did* find once instance where 
this was necessary <shudder>)

-kgd