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

[Adam Funk]

On 2012-07-19, Jared Norris wrote:

> 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?

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


Interesting, thanks!