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Problem enabling dnsmasq

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Deepesh

I work on Ruby on Rails project which uses some subdomains and custom domains. I have installed dnsmasq server and added this to the starting of the file:

address=/xyz.test/127.0.0.1
address=/xyzsites.test/127.0.0.1
address=/abc.test/127.0.0.1
address=/ab.test/127.0.0.1

But that doesn't work automatically. Each time my laptop boots I have to set IP address in resolv.conf file like this:

nameserver 192.168.xx.x
nameserver 8.8.8.8

And it starts working. I know the file gets reset on each reboot or NetworkManager restart but I am using a desktop PC too which has a similar configuration I have never faced issues on that. The default configuration of this file is on both the PC and laptop is:

search dlink.router
# this is set to the router's IP address and not the system's IP address 
nameserver 192.168.xx.x

With the same file, it works on my PC but not the laptop. I have tried installing resolvconf but that didn't work instead my internet stopped working and I had to remove it.

I also tried setting this in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf:

[main]
dns=dnsmasq

but then my internet stopped working again and I had to set it to default.

What could I do to make it work automatically or what could I check to match it to my other PC's configuration or if anyone has any other suggestions?

Note: My /etc/hosts file has some entries like this:

127.0.0.1   xyz.test
127.0.0.1   *.xyz.test
127.0.0.1   us.xyz.test
127.0.0.1   secure.xyz.test
127.0.0.1   123.xyz.test
127.0.0.1   xyzsites.test

I am not sure if this would matter.

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pbhj
What distro/version are you using (see `lsb_release -a`). I suspect your problem is that youve got two resolvers working, have a look at systemd-resolved.
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Deepesh
@pbhj Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS and the `systemd-resolved.service` is dead
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