Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 20:07:23 +0100, > lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 17:05:49 +0100, >>> lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>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. >>> >>> Do you have a wireless interface? Setting up a wireless connection can >>> modify /etc/resolv.conf. >> >>No, just two on-board wired ethernet interfaces one of which I turned >>off. That couldn't be handled with networkmanager ... > > That's odd, as /etc/resolv.conf should only change when your network > changes. Typically that would be when a new connection is made or one > is shut down. Do you have anything odd with DHCP on your network? Are > there any issues with your cables? No, I'm not using DHCP, and the cables are fine. I have a theory about what it might be, though. Is "system-config-network" related to networkmanager, or is it something else? >>All the Fedora documentation says I shouldn't disable it, and I don't >>know well enough yet how things are done in Fedora to decide whether >>it's a good idea to disable it or not. Having a service running that >>constantly monitors and changes the files is certainly a bad idea. > > Well, if you disble network manager, you will need to enable network > or you network interfaces won't be set up. So you can't just blindly > disable it. For now the network service will do what you want. I have disabled it and hopefully switched sucessfully. I didn't have a choice because even with /etc/resolv.conf set to read-only, it was still being overwritten. -- 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
