On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 08:34:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:31:31 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> > This morning DNS wasn't working on my laptop, though it worked
> > perfectly well on the server it wifi-ed to.
> > After some pinging and checking connections, I found this on my
> > laptop.
> >
> > The file /etc/resolv.conf:
> >
> > # Generated by Connection Manager
> > nameserver ::1
> > nameserver 127.0.0.1
> >
> > Now why would the connection manager (conman) suddenly be setting my
> > nameserver to localhost? A few days ago everything worked.
> >
> > Editing that file and replacing 127.0.0.1 by 8.8.8.8 and everything
> > worked again. Until the next time the commection manager needs to
> > connect, presumably.
> >
> > -- hendrik
>
> Hi Hendrik,
>
> It isn't just conman: It's all these silly "we do it all for you"
> networking helpers. I just do this:
>
> chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
>
> Until Helpful Lennart decides his software should undo the +i or throw
> a hissyfit about not being able to change it, everything's cool.

Does conman, the connection manager, originate from Helpful Lennart?
I thought it was just something that came with lxqt.

And doesn't the DNS IP number on a mobile device like a laptop normally
come from the DHCP protocol?

-- hendrik