On Monday 24 November 2008 10:00:09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 (from 8.04) and now I'm losing my search > domain on reboot. I'm using a static address. > > If I edit resolv.conf everything is good until I reboot, then resolv.conf > is re-created without the search domain. > > Where should the search domain be stored? I thought it was in > /etc/network/interfaces but apparently not according to man interfaces. > Previously there was a line: dns-search kenpro.com.au > > I was expecting something like .gconf/system/networking but that doesn't > exist and I can't find anything similar. > > Any help appreciated. I've found the question on google, but not the answer > :( > > > > System/Preferences/Network Configuration GUI tool fails with the following > message: > > Updating connection failed: nm-ifupdown-connection.c.82 - connection update > not supported (read only) > > ........ which doesn't surprise me because there is no authentication > option in the GUI??? I upgraded my laptop to 8.10 and ended up with a > different looking configuration GUI tool, but I can't figure out why they > are different. The laptop version works.
As usual, in their infinite wisdom (sic) to dum things down they have stuffed it up. (and there are bug reports to wit) I removed the /etc/dbus-1/event.d/ *network-manager* (from memory S25.. and S26) next edit /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf ============================== auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 192.168.5.120 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.5.1 bridge_ports eth0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual =============================== I'm stuffing around with bridges to have VBox servers, but the real-working file says it all James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
