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[Rippl, Steve]

Yes, forgot to mention that resolv.conf if used properly as well once
network-manager is gone, but you have to populate it!

Glad you got it fixed!



On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Jim Christiansen <
jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, got it, Steve and thanks.  For some reason, the resolve.conf was
> empty- well, one commented line:  "Generated by NetworkManager"...  No
> nameserver was listed.
>
> Now both the server and fat clients are back up and happy.  I'll try to
> finish up the Epoptes install tomorrow.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Rippl, Steve <rippls at woodlandschools.org>wrote:
>
>> If network-manager is installed it does ignore that file, and I don't
>> know where it stores the info, but it usually gets it wrong for a server!
>>  Make sure you don't just get rid of the applet on the desktop but really
>> remove network-manager completely if you want it to use the interfaces file
>> (which is way more stable), and then reboot (make sure you have your
>> network addresses handy so you can fill out the interfaces file correctly
>> once network-manager is gone).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Jim Christiansen <
>> jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Steve,  Thanks.  It doesn't appear that the
>>> /etc/network/interfaces file is being used.  It is there but the server
>>> starts without a functioning network...  The interfaces file looks to be
>>> complete but just doesn't work.  I have removed the network applet but that
>>> hasn't changed anything...
>>>
>>> As a matter of fact, the Ubnuntu box I'm sitting in front of right now
>>> with a static connection has an virtually empty   /etc/network/interfaces
>>> file.  All if has in it is:
>>> auto lo
>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>>
>>> That's it..  I wonder where the ip, gateway and other info is stored?
>>>
>>> Right now the clients work, so things are temporarily ok.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Rippl, Steve <
>>> rippls at woodlandschools.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We always remove the network manager application from the servers
>>>> (apt-get remove network-manager) and then just set up the interface
>>>> manually in /etc/network/interfaces.  Network manager is great on a laptop,
>>>> but we've found it to be a liability on a server.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what address range you're in, but the file should look
>>>> something like...
>>>>
>>>> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
>>>> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>>>>
>>>> # The loopback network interface
>>>> auto lo
>>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>>>
>>>> # The primary network interface
>>>> auto eth0
>>>> iface eth0 inet static
>>>> address 10.140.20.1
>>>> gateway 10.140.10.1
>>>> netmask 255.255.0.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Obviously you need your own IP/range in there...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Jim Christiansen <
>>>> jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hello everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a teacher who had been using K12LTSP for many years on two 30
>>>>> client labs and switched to Edubuntu and ltsp last year using only fat
>>>>> clients.  Things have been awesome, but today while trying to install
>>>>> Epoptes ran into a problem...  I have one wired connection on the server
>>>>> but had two eth connections showing in the network applet.  I removed the
>>>>> one that was indicated "never used" and now the fat clients boot and have
>>>>> internet but the server can't access internet.
>>>>>
>>>>> The one wired connection that is listed is "ifupdown (eth0)" and can
>>>>> not be edited...
>>>>>
>>>>> I should also say that I had students working on it last year playing
>>>>> around with the initial install and checking out what they could do with
>>>>> it.  The history file didn't look too scary and when my other server  that
>>>>> drove my classroom died, I grabbed this "test" box, slid it into place and
>>>>> just added users to it.  It has run well since power up with zero troubles
>>>>> until today.
>>>>>
>>>>> I knew that I may have troubles down the road because I've been
>>>>> staring at the other eth1 "never used" for months...
>>>>>
>>>>> So now I'm kind of stuck...  Help!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Steve Rippl
>>>> Technology Director
>>>> Woodland Public Schools
>>>> 360 841 2730
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Steve Rippl
>> Technology Director
>> Woodland Public Schools
>> 360 841 2730
>>
>
>


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Steve Rippl
Technology Director
Woodland Public Schools
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