Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-20 Thread sean darcy
Neal Becker wrote: sean darcy wrote: NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to use 127.0.0.1?? I've set up dhclient.conf with a prepend statement. If I just run dhclient that works, i.e.

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-14 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 10:33 +0930, Tim wrote: On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 15:08 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: Just to be a bit more precise, what I would like from NM is error messages along the lines: The AP you specify does not accept your WEP code, or There is no response from the AP you

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Matthew Saltzman wrote: Meanwhile, I use it when it works, and I when it doesn't, I try to troubleshoot it and file bugs or turn it off and use the individual tools that it tries to tie together. And I try very hard to be patient... The basic problem with NM is not so much bugs as the lack

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-13 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 15:08 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: Just to be a bit more precise, what I would like from NM is error messages along the lines: The AP you specify does not accept your WEP code, or There is no response from the AP you specify, etc. In the Good Old Days when memory and

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-12 Thread Michael H. Warfield
Hello, On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:34 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 09:48 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: Michael H. Warfield wrote: I have a longer rant that I'm strongly tempted to send. I'd wouldn't necessarily post your rant here, as most of us here agree

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-12 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 15:56 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote: Hello, On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:34 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 09:48 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: Michael H. Warfield wrote: I have a longer rant that I'm strongly tempted to send.

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-11 Thread Rick Stevens
Michael H. Warfield wrote: On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 13:10 -0400, sean darcy wrote: sean darcy wrote: NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to use 127.0.0.1?? I've set up dhclient.conf with a

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-11 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 09:48 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: Michael H. Warfield wrote: I have a longer rant that I'm strongly tempted to send. I'd wouldn't necessarily post your rant here, as most of us here agree that NM is a bad idea gone wrong. Speak for yourself (unless you have

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-11 Thread Rick Stevens
Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 09:48 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: Michael H. Warfield wrote: I have a longer rant that I'm strongly tempted to send. I'd wouldn't necessarily post your rant here, as most of us here agree that NM is a bad idea gone wrong. Speak for

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-10 Thread sean darcy
sean darcy wrote: NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to use 127.0.0.1?? I've set up dhclient.conf with a prepend statement. If I just run dhclient that works, i.e. /etc/resolv.conf has

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 13:10 -0400, sean darcy wrote: sean darcy wrote: NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to use 127.0.0.1?? I've set up dhclient.conf with a prepend statement. If

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-10 Thread stan
Michael H. Warfield wrote: -snip- My solution, at this point, is yum erase NetworkManger and then go back to the older scripts which WORK and work reliably. Unless you're having problems with wireless (and there are better solutions to that problem) NetworkManager has no

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-10 Thread Neal Becker
sean darcy wrote: NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to use 127.0.0.1?? I've set up dhclient.conf with a prepend statement. If I just run dhclient that works, i.e. /etc/resolv.conf has

Re: NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 14:54 -0700, stan wrote: Michael H. Warfield wrote: -snip- My solution, at this point, is yum erase NetworkManger and then go back to the older scripts which WORK and work reliably. Unless you're having problems with wireless (and there are better