[Voyage-linux] Re: Network problems voyage 0.6.2: no DNS, ifup and ifdown errors

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>> 1. The interface ppp0 does come up, but DNS is not working.
>> /etc/resolv.conf is empty, and it is apparently due to the fact that
>> it is
>> not writeable.
>> If I 'remountrw', then bring the link up, it works fine.
>> With 'remountro', it doesn't work.
>> In voyage 0.5.2, it works all the time, even when /etc is read-only.
>>
>> I'm guessing that networking does 'remountrw' during a critical time
>> in
>> 0.5.2, but can't find exactly where it happens.
>>
>> How is this supposed to work, and what has changed?
>
>I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, but here I've installed the
>package resolvconf, and /etc/resolv.conf points to /etc/resolvconf/run/
>resolv.conf, where /etc/resolvconf/run is a symlink to a directory in /
>lib/init/rw (that's always writable).
>
>Cheers
>Robert


Thanks Robert,

 that solves it. /etc/resolv.conf now points to 127.0.0.1, so it appears
that resolvconf provides a local DNS service, keeping the dynamically
determined nameserver information in files at /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/

The conclusion from this:

 If using PPP networking, also install the package resolvconf.

Rodney