Package: wicd Version: 1.5.9-1 Severity: wishlist I have a relatively common configuration on my laptop: resolvconf + a local caching DNS. Resolvconf is supported by standard debian network configuration files and utilities. For example, dns-nameservers lines in /etc/network/interfaces are used to tell resolvconf of the dns present on a given network, and resolvconf automagically sets up the local, caching nameserver to use them as forwarders. Same for dhcp3-client. Would it be possible to have wicd also support resolvconf? Ideally, on a machine with a working resolvconf setup, wicd should not overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, but instead just run /sbin/resolvconf with the appropriate options, adding available nameservers when the connection goes up, removing them when the connection goes down. For examples, look at /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf and /etc/network/if-down.d/resolvconf (installed by the resolvconf package). I am willing to help with this, if you want, by cooking up appropriate scripts if you give me the required information (e.g. you should make available to them, via environment variables or whatever else you like, the name of the interface going up/down and the DNS servers to be added when the given connection goes up). Currently, I had to give up using wicd for networks which do not use dhcp, as it kills my resolv.conf.
Bye Giacomo -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-vanillajak (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to it_IT.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages wicd depends on: ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups ii dhcp3-client 3.1.1-6 DHCP client ii ethtool 6+20080913-1 display or change Ethernet device ii iproute 20080725-2 networking and traffic control too ii net-tools 1.60-22 The NET-3 networking toolkit ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-dbus 0.83.0-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii python-glade2 2.12.1-6 GTK+ bindings: Glade support ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-6 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge ii python-support 0.8.7 automated rebuilding support for P ii wireless-tools 29-1.1 Tools for manipulating Linux Wirel ii wpasupplicant 0.6.4-3 Client support for WPA and WPA2 (I wicd recommends no packages. Versions of packages wicd suggests: ii pm-utils 1.1.2.4-1 utilities and scripts for power ma -- no debconf information -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
