At least two distinct issues have been discussed here. The original problem was that /etc/resolv.conf was not populated and the reason for this seems to have been that the symlink /etc/resolv.conf --> ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf didn't get created. It would be nice to find out why that happened. Let's continue addressing that issue here (#1000244).
A second problem brought up by pdffs is that the upgrade to Precise breaks systems that had multiple nameserver addresses listed in resolv.conf, only the first of which can resolve private domain names. I have opened a new report, #1003842, to track this issue. pdffs: Please subscribe to #1003842 so we can continue the discussion there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: Network Manager does not populate resolv.conf Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I upgraded an 11.10 install to 12.04, and now I'm unable to resolve domain names because Network Manager does not populate my /etc/resolv.conf file. For example, my local wireless router uses the domain "mylocaldomain" and nameservers 10.157.10.12 and 10.157.10.14, so in 11.10, after connecting to the router I would see this in my /etc/resolv.conf: domain mylocaldomain search mylocaldomain nameserver 10.157.10.12 nameserver 10.157.10.14 Now /etc/resolv.conf contains the settings last set before I upgraded to 12.04, and doesn't update them for whatever network I'm currently on. I have to manually guess the settings and modify /etc/resolv.conf in order to resolve domain names. I believe this may be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/922677 and how the "resolvconf" program has been introduce to manage this. I believe this is a new bug with how prior installs are improperly upgraded. I tried removing the line "dns=dnsmasq" from /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and then running `sudo restart network-manager`, but that had no effect. I tried running `resolvconf --enable-updates` but I get the error "resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf isn't a symlink, not doing anything." Based on https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/network- configuration.html#name-resolution, I tried establishing this symlink myself, but the file /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf does not exist on my system. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Wed May 16 09:57:25 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64+mac (20111012) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth2 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth2 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.205 metric 2 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-10 (5 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth2 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1000244/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
