New 10.4 32 bit install, needs dns info

[Tom H]

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 02 May 2010, Tom H wrote:
>>On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>>> This is for the iface eth0 static
>>> stanza in /etc/networking/interfaces
>>>
>>> The net is working locally by hosts file translations, but the manpage
>>> for interfaces does not demo how a dns address is passed.
>>>
>>> And of course, /etc/resolv.conf has no data other than claims to have
>>> been generated by network-manager, which I'd druther not fight with when
>>> a simple /etc/init.d/networking start should just do it. ISTR on 6.06, I
>>> was able to kill NM, and then hand edit resolv.conf, then make it
>>> immutable and that was the end of that, but it was also 6.06 and I expect
>>> things are done differently now.
>>>
>>> This should come up on boot using all static addressing.
>>
>>If you are not using NM, why don't you uninstall it and hand edit
>>/etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf (without any need to set
>>immutable, etc)?
>>
> Ok, I'll do that later today.  Thanks.

You're welcome.

There are two other options.

1. Only configure lo in /etc/network/interfaces and configure your
static address and other settings in NM's GUI.

2. Configure the static address in /etc/network/interfaces but change
the "managed" setting in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
so you still have NM on your box shozld you need it.