On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:42:20PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Linux and have installed debian woody release 2 on my > notebook. Just about everything works now except for one annoying > glitch. I connect to the internet using an orinoco gold wireless pcmcia > card and a wireless router that acts as a dhcp server. To connect to the > internet I have to enter two lines of dns numbers from my isp in > /etc/resolv.conf, but every time I reboot--or sometimes even during the > same session--I need to reenter the dns numbers in /etc/resolve.conf > because the settings are somehow being automatically overwritten. I > can't connect to the internet without reentering the dns numbers, which > gets tedious. This is about the only thing preventing me from using > debian full-time. I've used nano, gedit and bluefish to edit the file > after switching to root, all to no avail. > > Here's what the /etc/resolv.conf file looks like before editing: > > search > nameserver 10.0.1.1 > > I add these two lines with nano in a root terminal in a root kde session > (also tried in root terminal as normal user): > nameserver 216.139.64.16 > nameserver 216.139.64.17 > > After saving the file I'm able to connect to the internet, but after a > short while those two added lines just disappear and I'm left with the > original /etc/resolv.conf file and I can't connect to the internet > unless I reenter the two dns lines. Whenever your box refreshes it's dhcp lease, /etc/resolv.conf is rewritten. In general this is a good idea since the dhcp server is configured to provide these values (read you may need to configure your WLAN router). Assuming you are using dhcp-client: In /etc/dhclient.conf: request routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers; If your DHCP server doesn't supply these values, as a last resort add the following line to you /etc/dhclient.conf: prepend domain-name-servers 216.139.64.16, 216.139.64.17; but this will certainly break internet access when you switch WLANs. > I wish I could solve this because it's preventing me from using debian > full-time. HTH, have fun w/ debian . Siggy
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