Ubuntu: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:39, 15 September 2018

Ubuntu is a linux distribution derived from debian. It's a very nice plug&play OS with all features I need.

cat /etc/os-release
cat /etc/lsb-release
lsb_release -a: Show the currently installed version. os-release has most information.

The few things I needed to tweak are listed here.

Networkmanager is a bad idea, just disable it and use /etc/network/interfaces to configure your network.

apt-get purge network-manager
vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto <interface>
iface <interface> inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid <ssid>
    wpa-psk <password>

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 The few things I needed to tweak are listed here.
-===DNS resolving===
+===NetworkManager===
-In bionic-beaver (release 18.04) in  /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf put the line <code>set dns=default</code> in the [main] section.
+Networkmanager is a bad idea, just disable it and use /etc/network/interfaces to configure your network.
-Since release 14 the NetworkManager by default starts dnsmasq that makes your system act as forwarding DNS-server (127.0.1.1 in /etc/resolv.conf).
+<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
-This local server sometimes is not working properly so disable it.
+apt-get purge network-manager
+vi /etc/network/interfaces
-In /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf comment out the line: "dns=dnsmasq"
+auto <interface>
-/etc/resolv.conf will now show the DNS-server(s) provided by DCHP (if you use that).
+iface <interface> inet dhcp
+    wpa-ssid <ssid>
+    wpa-psk <password>
+</syntaxhighlight>