This bug was fixed in the package network-manager - 0.9.6.0~git201207271115.edb85e9-0ubuntu1
--------------- network-manager (0.9.6.0~git201207271115.edb85e9-0ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low * upstream snapshot 2012-07-27 11:15:54 (GMT) + edb85e972051aff3cfcd5990ea1bd8a28dddc9d9 - dnsmasq: allow custom configuration via /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d * debian/patches/dnsmasq-dbus-updates.patch: do dnsmasq server updates via DBus, instead of respawning the process every time. (LP: #1004775) * debian/patches/dnsmasq-vpn-dns-filtering.patch: refreshed. * debian/patches/nm-change-dnsmasq-parameters.diff: refreshed. * debian/patches/add_sendsigs_omissions.patch: refreshed. -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:13:32 -0400 ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- 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/1004775 Title: NetworkManager restarts dnsmasq and adds host route on every IPv6 route lookup Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “network-manager” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “network-manager” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: NetworkManager stops and starts dnsmasq very frequently (every few minutes). During the brief window that dnsmasq is restarting, hostname resolution doesn't work. dnsmasq is getting restarted frequently enough that I see brief hostname resolution errors in Chrome several times a day during normal web browsing. This is on Precise with network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 and dnsmasq- base 2.59-4. The frequent restarts seem to be triggered by IPv6 route advertisements on my network. (See log snippet below.) When NetworkManager gets a route advertisement, it reconfigures everything. In the case of dnsmasq, this means stopping dnsmasq, writing a new config file, and starting dnsmasq. NetworkManager should restart dnsmasq only if it its configuration changes. I'm attaching a snippet from /var/log/daemon.log on my system that demonstrates a restart. This is with debug logging configured in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1004775/+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