On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:56:59 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 06/15/2012 12:58 PM, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >>> Thank you for your ideas, and I'll return to this thread when I have >>> any kind of information. >> >> Ok, keep us informed. I feel curious about what's going on here :-) >> >> > Just a note about an observation. Just for grins -- even though name > resolution was working fine -- I checked the contents of > /etc/resolv.conf. They are listed below: > > ----------------------------8<---------------------------- > # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by > resolvconf(8) > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > search wp.comcast.net > ----------------------------8<---------------------------- > > This is with the system connected at a location that does use Comcast as > its ISP. But the contents of this file are not at all what I'd expect. I > tried adding > > dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 > > to /etc/network/interfaces. Rebooting made no difference in the contents > of /etc/resolv.conf. Is that because something weird is going on, or > because the changes in netscript that happened at the time of the update > have changed the way resolvconf works? I suspect the latter due to other > information available. If you are using the "resolvconf" package I bet you have to trust what the "/etc/revolv.conf" file warning says in uppercase about do not editing the file because is dynamically changed ;-) http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#The_resolvconf_program OTOH, I never used this package before, I don't know what's for nor how is configured so I can't give you any feedback on this other than reading the available docs and man pages :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jri60c$tm4$5...@dough.gmane.org