On Sunday 31 May 2026 06:06:32 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
On Sat, 30 May 2026 17:24:12 -0700
I believe I have instead dhcpcd.
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A quick skim of a couple of wikis suggests there are two methods you can use:
- Create a file /etc/resolv.conf.head and put in it the nameserver data
you used to put in /etc/resolv.conf. dhcpcd should read this file and not clobber it (although it will clobber the actual resolv.conf).
- Alternatively, you can put the nameservers in /etc/dhcpcd.conf by adding
a line that looks like "static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4" or whatever servers you want.
Strange, but the "syntax" (if that's the right term) is completely different from what the OpenDNS tells me, and other pages on the same subject also say.
If I follow what you just said, that would be maybe comma-separated values for the DNS servers, to wit: "static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4" ... but I may be wrong. Note that I added a comma in mine.
The web pages that talk about changing one's DNS servers (to whatever) all seem to agree that it ought to be in the form of a list, as I already quoted in my earlier posts.
This assumes openresolv is not running. If it is, apparently the magical incantation goes in /etc/resolvconf.conf and looks like "name_servers=8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4".
Once you're done making modifications, kill the Network Manager daemon, take your network interface down then up again with ifconfig (or ip), then run "dhcpcd [interface]" ("dhcpcd eth0" or whatever) and check to see if you have network connectivity.
dhcpcd's official documentation seems to be in the form of man pages (for dhcpcd and dhcpcd.conf).
Good luck.
E. Liddell
Aside from my doubts on such small points, I think I can probably figure out the rest from here. Point me in the right direction, and eventually I will get there.
Thanks to everybody for their help. More to follow, but different questions; however, I believe I am almost at the end of my quest to solve my current issues. Then I can go back again to crawl under my rock.
Bill