12.04.2 LTS, new install, network broken

[Nils Kassube]

Tom H wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Tom H wrote:
> >> You can control resolv.conf via the configs of dhclient, ifupdown,
> >> and NM and "nail" it to be exactly what you want it to be. You
> >> have to use the tools with which you're provided rather than
> >> ignore them and try to get around them.
> > 
> > Another option would be to uninstall NM and resolvconf and configure
> > the network manually like it was done in the good old days. Of
> > course this is not a general advice for a newcomer. But Gene has a
> > rather special setup and AIUI he has no use for NM and he knows how
> > to setup the config files.
> 
> I don't think that you can uninstall resolvconf.
> 
> You have to disable its init script or change "/etc/resolv.conf" from
> being a symlink into being a regular file.

Well, I don't have NM or resolvconf installed on this 12.04 machine 
which has a manual network configuration. But I think you may be right 
because I had this setup already many years and it may have survived the 
upgrade to 12.04. At least it would be necessary to create a file 
/etc/resolv.conf with the appropriate contents after uninstalling 
resolvconf.


Nils