Re: resolvconf troubles
On Thursday 27 October 2016 22:40:57 Glenn English wrote:
> > On Oct 27, 2016, at 7:59 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > At high risk of starting another flame war about network-manager,
> > nuke that puppy with extreme prejudice.
>
> Don't tell anybody, but that's exactly what I want to do.
>
> > Then fix resolv.conf to be a REAL file, it may be a link.
>
> Hadn't thought of that -- bears looking into.
>
> > Then:
> > sudo chmod +i /etc/resolv.conf
> > So nothing can scribble over it.
>
> That's the command I was looking for. I didn't know about that one.
>
> > Then in the /etc/networking/interfaces file, add:
>
> No prob -- eth* is defined there.
>
> > sudo service network restart, and your network should just work.
> > From then on.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> > Now this of course isn't going to work if you are carrying a lappy
> > and expecting to tap the wifi at any Starbucks you pull into. Then
> > you are truly at the mercy of network-mangler, which might work but
> > usually doesn't.
>
> That's no prob either. It's the servers I'd just as soon worked. There
> are people who rely on them.
>
> > Now, save your flames, I already put on my nomex suit.
>
> No flames here :-)
>
> Thanks, Gene
>
>
> As far as NMs go, have you looked at WICD? It's on my Debian Jessie
> XFCE laptop, and it seems relatively OK. It doesn't do anything
> without being told to, it allows only one interface up at a time
> (usually a good idea), and it remembers how to get the damn WiFi
> going. And you can make all those extraneous APs disappear.
>
I have indeed used wicd, 3 or 4 times, Glenn. But the last time I tried
it on a ubu 10-04 lts install, it had apparently been re-written, and
totally emasculated. I worked out my way for here at the coyote.den and
have not looked for it since.
> --
> Glenn English
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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