This seems to be a common problem with 12.04. I've done the searches and found various and sundry replies, but I've yet to find a solution to my situation.

I've installed 12.04 32bit on a server box I have in my office, and am using it to get used to Joomla CMS, but I cannot seem to do updates, upgrades with it, nor can I use Aptitude to get new software. The machine will not authenticate against the repos is what I'm thinking.

It works fine as long as I have DHCP set up, but when I go to a static IP situation it falls flat. I have networking working perfectly other than this.

As far as I can tell, it's in the nameservers from my ISP not propogating into resolv.conf.

Here is my /etc/network/interfaces file contents:
:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback



# The primary network interface    these stanzas are kept in order

#auto eth0                         for me to easily switch between dhcp

#iface eth0 inet dhcp             / and static addresses so I can update

#                                /  the system from time to time



auto eth0

iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.1.130

netmask 255.255.255.0

network 192.168.1.0

broadcast 192.168.1.255

gateway 192.168.1.1

dns-namservers 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76 192.168.1.1

dns-search hsd1.wa.comcast.net



#nameserver 75.75.75.75           this data is taken

#nameserver 75.75.76.76           from resolve.conf

#nameserver 192.168.1.1          / while networking with

#search hsd1.wa.comcast.net     /  dhcp instead of static ip

For the life of me I cannot figure out why this is not working. I'm totally missing something fundamental here I think.

The Search stanza is working, and shows up properly inside resolv.conf:

search hsd1.wa.comcast.net

I'd really appreciate anyone's help on this.