I had an up-to-date Ubuntu 11.10 workstation. I recently received an update that required a 'restart' (aka reboot - new kernel). I put off the reboot while working away - for a week or so. So, as has happened each time I've had to 'restart' (aka reboot for a new kernel), I once again watched in disgust as my /etc/resolv.conf file got blown away.
Really? Again? Is anyone EVER going to allow an Ubuntu system administrator to configure their networking set up via some /etc file contents. Is some GUI now mandatory? No, I don't use NetworkManager. It isn't installed. It created INCREDIBLE grief. As others have noted, I now find that ifdown/ifup works - albeit only once I conform to the Ubuntu way and put a dns-nameservers directive into the eth0 stanza in /etc/network/interfaces. But guess what, no more clean reboots. Each reboot requires an ifdown/ifup ritual. Really? The rationale for not only ignoring, but obliterating, a user defined system configuration must be fascinating. I just cannot imagine. And to think ... some wonder why the year of the Linux desktop never arrived! Disgusted and dismayed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366967 Title: ifupdown-udev integration should be thought-out more thoroghly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/366967/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
