upgrade to precise required a change in /etc/network/interfaces

Thu Jul 19 12:02:59 UTC 2012

On 19 July 2012 20:47, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
> Yesterday I upgraded my home desktop, which has been using a static
> LAN IP address for years, to Precise, and it had no DNS after
> restarting.  The /etc/network/interfaces file contained this stanza:
>
> #v+
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>       address 192.168.123.4
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
> #v-
>
> which had previously worked without any problem.  I figured out after
> some fiddling that adding a dns-nameserver line to the stanza made
> everything work again.  But I'm curious: why did this upgrade suddenly
> require that change?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

The best explanation I could find was
http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/

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Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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