2nd November 2016, 16:14
Hi all,
I just completed a clean install on a laptop and had the following issues with setting up the network (wi-fi only):
1. The calamares installer did not prompt for any network information. Is this the expected behaviour?
2. After installation and reboot I used NetworkManager to configure the wi-fi connection using DHCP. I managed to obtain a connection, however DNS resolution was broken. I now have it working after following the instructions at https://www.slightfuture.com/how-to/debian-dns-resolv. The specific issues I encountered were:
* dns=dnsmasq was enabled in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. I commented this out.
* /etc/resolv.conf was a file, not a symlink to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. I ran "dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" and enabled "Prepare /etc/resolv.conf for dynamic updates"
After this networking seems to be working correctly. DNS now pulls in the nameserver information from the DHCP client and resolves hostnames anyway :-)
The only other issue I have noticed is that there is no menu option in grub(?) to boot Windows. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Cheers,
John
I just completed a clean install on a laptop and had the following issues with setting up the network (wi-fi only):
1. The calamares installer did not prompt for any network information. Is this the expected behaviour?
2. After installation and reboot I used NetworkManager to configure the wi-fi connection using DHCP. I managed to obtain a connection, however DNS resolution was broken. I now have it working after following the instructions at https://www.slightfuture.com/how-to/debian-dns-resolv. The specific issues I encountered were:
* dns=dnsmasq was enabled in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. I commented this out.
* /etc/resolv.conf was a file, not a symlink to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. I ran "dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" and enabled "Prepare /etc/resolv.conf for dynamic updates"
After this networking seems to be working correctly. DNS now pulls in the nameserver information from the DHCP client and resolves hostnames anyway :-)
The only other issue I have noticed is that there is no menu option in grub(?) to boot Windows. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Cheers,
John
