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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Don't get a /etc/resolv.conf on dhcpcd ethx - Get /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv instead which doesn't work unless copy to /etc/resolv.conf
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:12:08
Message-Id: 20070310170553.30dfb420@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Don't get a /etc/resolv.conf on dhcpcd ethx - Get /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv instead which doesn't work unless copy to /etc/resolv.conf by Richard Watson
1 On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:01:42 +1000
2 Richard Watson <waty@×××××××××××.au> wrote:
3
4 > Hi - I've been having problems with DNS. When I start my wireless
5 > interface (or any other for that matter) I don't get
6 > a /etc/resolv.conf file generated. Instead I get one
7 > called /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv (or whatever for the appropriate
8 > interface). I can ping IP addresses but not DNS (i.e. ping
9 > www.gentoo.org).
10 >
11 > To get it running I copy the contents of resolv.conf-eth2.sv
12 > to /etc/resolv.conf.
13 >
14 > Anybody tell me how to fix this?
15 >
16 > Thanks, Richard
17 >
18 `man dhcpcd`
19 -R Prevents dhcpcd from replacing existing
20 <etcDir>/resolv.conf file.
21
22 I'm not sure whether that will help at all. It may preserve the data
23 in resolv.conf. Why this data isn't being correctly updated, I can't
24 say.
25
26 you _are_ using dhcpcd, right?
27
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