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network-manager package

  1. Bug #279262
  2. Comment #91

Comment 91 for bug 279262

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Paul (peubanks) wrote : Re: [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)

Exact same problem here. Static IP config that worked fine in 8.04, borked when 8.10 upgrade came. Can't alter using NM gui (no password prompt - says I don't have permission). Connectivity to ISP is fine, but DNS doesn't work.

Example:

$ ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com

$ ping 64.233.187.99
PING 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=39.9 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=47.5 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=241 time=37.3 ms

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.1.128
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
# dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

auto eth1

(why all the blank lines?)

$ cat /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false

Really guys? Is it THAT difficult to make a DNS lookup when using a static IP config? I'll be moving to Fedora if this isn't sorted out soon.