Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, 2012-11-10 at 17:05 +0100, lee wrote: >> apparently network manager continues to overwrite /etc/resolv.conf >> with incorrect data. Adjusting it with system-config-network doesn't >> help. >> >> ... and the copies of that file under the different names are all the >> same. After some time, /etc/resolv.conf will be empty, and it >> sometimes is missing the "search" entry. >> >> Why is the network manager going crazy and doesn't stick with the >> information I'm giving it, and how do I fix this? Name resolution >> going down because /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten causes >> very annoying interruptions. > > _EXACTLY_ how are you giving it the data? I was using system-config-network and editing some files when it didn't work. > * Are you configuring network manager, through its own interface? I thought system-config-network is the interface for it. Now my theory is that it is perhaps not and that networkmanager conflicts with it. > * Are you expecting network manager to handle data that you've manually > shoved into /etc/resolv.conf? (That isn't going to work.) no > * Are you configuring it through your network's DHCP server? No, I'm not using dhcp. > Another point that springs to mind: A common problem with people > getting random DHCP client configuration is having two DHCP servers > running on their LAN. This is a bad idea, unless one of them is > configured to work as a slave to the other. It's not unusual for people > to connect two devices that can work as a DHCP server, perhaps > accidentally; or they thought one the servers was disabled, but it's > actually running. > > I've been using NetworkManager on several different releases, for many > years, and I haven't had any of the problems that I see people commonly > write about. But I have seen plenty of people trying to bash it about, > force it to do something in a daft way, and expect it to work. Another problem is the lack of documentation ... Where does networkmanager store it's configuration? How do you configure it? -- Fedora 17 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
