[16:58] <IrishGeek> Hey guys, any idea how I would stop Network manager from overwriting etc/resolv.conf? I can't uninstall network manager cause of problems but how would I change permissions to stop NM from changing the nameservers? Thanks
[16:59] <IrishGeek> Its a project for the young scientist
[17:01] <IrishGeek> Hey guys, any idea how I would stop Network manager from overwriting etc/resolv.conf? I can't uninstall network manager cause of problems but how would I change permissions to stop NM from changing the nameservers? Thanks
[17:01] <czajkowski> IrishGeek: if someone doesnt answer please dont repeat it
[17:02] <czajkowski> I suspect the channel is quiet due to the fact tomorrow is xmas eve
[17:02] <IrishGeek> heh heh sorry
[17:02] <czajkowski> it's not funny..
[17:02] <IrishGeek> chmod maybe?
[17:02] <czajkowski> c
[17:08] <IrishGeek> i repeated it because a new person joined the chat
[17:08] <IrishGeek> tsdgeos, in fact
[17:08] <infoturtle> IrishGeek: sorry, as czajkowski is busy at the moment in some homes, I'm not so hot with ubuntu but did find this that seems to suit your problem
[17:08] <infoturtle> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1379969
[17:09] <IrishGeek> thanks, infoturtle
[17:09] <infoturtle> check if it help before you say thanks
[17:09] <IrishGeek> wow, thanks mate, this actually does partain its really good
[17:10] <infoturtle> ^-^ woo hoo I done good!!
[17:10] <infoturtle> ha ha
[17:10] <IrishGeek> tanks a mill you'll be in the ackknowledgements
[17:10] <IrishGeek> yes, im dislexic
[17:11] <infoturtle> I'd prob have spelled it the same to be honest......
[17:11] <IrishGeek> it really doesnt help when your a developer.....
[17:12] <IrishGeek> the amount of times ive spelt it sumo its not event funny
[17:12] <ebel> IrishGeek: you don't really want to stop NM overwriting /etc/resolv.conf
[17:12] <infoturtle> I write for a website and can't find a spell checker for geany, the words I have to google are shameful
[17:12] <ebel> What do you want to do, where this is a problem.
[17:13] <ebel> there's another file that you can put extra resolv.conf stuff that gets included with resolv.conf by NM
[17:13] <ShaneM> You write articles in geany? D:
[17:13] <IrishGeek> ebel: network manager is fine, i'm doing a nexthop for failover, and whenever I disconnect a modem it works for two seconds perfectly with the other modem, then fails when NM overwrites it
[17:14] <IrishGeek> Eirspeed: A fast,reliable connection to the internet using multiple wirless modems, networks and technologies
[17:14] <ebel> arg that's why i dislike ubuntuforums. people have one problem, then people suggest solutions like making resolv.conf unwritable >.<
[17:14] <ebel> it'll break any dhcp server that sends dns stuff
[17:15] <infoturtle> ShaneM: ya, duno just always used it, helped at the start for stuff, now its just default for the code
[17:15] <IrishGeek> ebel: can I just exclude NM from editing it? cheers for your help
[17:15] <ShaneM> infoturtle: I've used it before, it's pretty nice but I could never image myself using it for writing articles.
[17:16] <ebel> no, you shouldn't stop network manager from overwriting it. let NM do it's job.
[17:16] <ebel> however i'm not sure what nexthop is....
[17:17] <IrishGeek> no, it gives incorrect nameservers and its working properly until NM intervenes. Nexthop is where a packet goes next, Ie im trying to use multiple modems at once
[17:17] <IrishGeek> or failover
[17:17] <ebel> there's a way to put extra stuff in your /etc/resolv.conf *and* let NM change it
[17:18] <ebel> anyways I gotta go. Hope you get your problem sorted. :)
[17:18] <IrishGeek> no, whenever i put stuff in manually it overwrites completely, no just change it
[17:19] <ebel> You don't put the new stuff in /etc/resolv.conf, you put the new stuff in another file, that then gets added to the generated /etc/resolv.conf
[17:19] <ebel> IIIRC
[17:19] <ebel> that way you let NM change the file, *and* you get your new stuff.
[17:20] <ebel> That way has much more advanges than force locking resolv.conf
[17:20] <ebel> it means if a dhcp server gives you domain name stuff you get them from NM, rather than having to go back to the old days of editing files in /etc as root when you get on a new wifi network
[17:20] <ebel> best of both worlds!
[17:21] <ebel> (can't remember what the other file is, and i gotta go, sorry!)
[17:31] <IrishGeek> thanks everyone, bye
[17:47] <infoturtle> ShaneM: its better than gedit cos of the colouring of tags, kompozers cool too but I find geany handiest, what would you be using?
[17:49] <ShaneM> inforturtle: For coding I use Qt Creator or gedit and for writing I use Libre Office.
[17:49] <ShaneM> I code in C++
[17:49] <infoturtle> ah
[17:50] <ShaneM> So I use Qt Creaor and remove the Qt Framework. It works as a good editor and debugger then.
[17:50] <infoturtle> I do web in ubuntu and c# in windows, comming around to more of languages now, won a python book at the geek quiz and going to start with that after xmas
[17:51] <ShaneM> Ah right
[17:51] <ShaneM> I did C# for a good awhile.
[17:51] <ShaneM> But I stopped using windows awhile ago. So I don't use it anymore.
[17:52] <infoturtle> I just use indows for c#, games and my stinking sound card breaks the sound in ubuntu every time I try to install it so the studio has to be on windows too
[17:56] <ShaneM> Yeah makes sense.
[22:08] <infoturtle> I'm trying to start a Ireland LoCo podcast, should I wait to bring it up at the next IRC meeting before I make any noise about it?