[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Guess you'd have to ask Clem and team about that one. I realize that Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu as is Kubuntu. Recall, I run the KDE version of Mint. So perhaps the Kubuntu folks made the change? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Thanks for checking, Bob. I am only surprised that /etc/resolv.conf points to ../var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf instead of ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf (as is normal in Ubuntu). Did Linux Mint make this change, and if so, why? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Hey Thomas - Okay, I just installed Linux Mint 14 64-bit KDE. (I was running Mint 13 KDE LTS.) Immediately after the install the first thing I did was run the following: bob@elaterite ~ $ ls -l /etc/resolv.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Dec 23 14:58 /etc/resolv.conf -> ../var/run/resolvconf/re

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I wrote that. The last sentence is a bit ugly but I was trying to keep it short. More explicit would have been the following. After a typical installation of Ubuntu 12.04, /etc/resolv.conf is a symbolic link to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. If, at the time the machine is upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10,

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

FYI Thomas: follow this link and scroll down to "Networking" it states: Networking In order to improve compatibility with other local nameserver packages, NetworkManager now assigns IP address 127.0.1.1 to the local nameserver process

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Sure. It looks like the Mint team has released a version 14 RC in KDE. When the stable comes out I might switch to it. For some reason, I can't seem to resolve an annoying issue with Dolphin that I'm having in Mint 13. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

If you ever re-install the system please check, right after initial installation, before upgrading, whether or not /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I had interpreted your comment #85 as meaning that the problem appeared when you upgraded, but it turns out that we can't be sure that the problem wasn't there from the beginning. I would guess, then, that the problem was there at the beginning, after installation, because we have seen other exa

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Thomas - Both installs began with fresh ISOs of Linux Mint 13, 64bit KDE. After the initial install I have no idea if there were any errors as I didn't bother to look at the install logs. The only time I've noted the resolvconf error was doing the requisite post install package upgrades, which I

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

(Just filed bug #1086336 against kppp.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package To ma

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Thanks for the info — very helpful. Looking at the apt logs I see an upgrade done at 2012-12-03 18:23:13. Do I understand correctly that resolvconf worked correctly before this upgrade? Thus /etc/resolv.conf was a symbolic link to "../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf" before the upgrade? During the

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Looks like: resolvconf:amd64 1.63ubuntu14 with resolvconf:amd64 1.63ubuntu16 Hope that helps! ** Attachment added: "Requested log files" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244/+attachment/3451232/+files/logs.txt -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

> Same thing happened to resolvconf--upon running the upgrades. What was the resolvconf version before the upgrade? And after? What packages were upgraded? Can you attach the /var/log/apt/history.log, /var/log/apt/term.log and /var/log/dpkg.log files covering the upgrade? These might contain clues

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Thomas thanks for the update. FYI: I did a re-install with a new copy of the image freshly downloaded from the Linux Mint repository. Same thing happened to resolvconf--upon running the upgrades. (I think I forget to mention that before.) ;) Cheers! -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Bob: Thanks for the information. Interesting case. * /etc/resolv.conf is not a symbolic link to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf * Updates are not enabled * A postponed update has been scheduled * Nothing has been stored in the "interfaces" database I can only guess how this set of conditions came

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Okay, so I installed Linux Mint 13 KDE 64bit last night and received this resolv symlink does not exist error. So I've recorded the outputs that @Thomas request below. I hope they help! --- elaterite ~ # ls -l /etc/resolv.conf ls: cannot access /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory elater

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I just heard (http://askubuntu.com/questions/139654/network-connection- on-ubuntu-12-04-20-seconds-to-load-a-web- site/140201#comment260660_140201) that FortiClient SSL VPN client is another third-party program guilty of trashing /etc/resolv.conf. Here's a new summary of the possible causes of th

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@rjasmin: If you are running Debian, please file a bug report in the Debian bug tracking system. See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/res

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

this is a debain bug, once again working its way into UBUNTU core. Running WHEEZY. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I wrote: > I will file a new bug report requesting that this finally be implemented. Filed as bug #1072341. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink doe

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Cerin, in your earlier comment (#75) you posted the results of several commands. The content of /etc/resolv.conf was incorrect. It was: # Generated by NetworkManager domain home search home nameserver 127.0.0.1 If this file had been generated by resolvconf, it would have begun wi

Re: [Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Thomas Hood <1000...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Cerin: You say that disabling and re-enabling wireless connection > corrects resolv.conf. Please run the following commands when > resolv.conf is correct, so we know what you mean by that. > > cat /etc/resolv.c

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Cerin: You say that disabling and re-enabling wireless connection corrects resolv.conf. Please run the following commands when resolv.conf is correct, so we know what you mean by that. cat /etc/resolv.conf ls -l /run/resolvconf/interface for F in /run/resolvconf/interface/* ; do echo

Re: [Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Thomas Hood <1000...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Cerin: We need to find out which program it is that is not interfacing > correctly with resolvconf. > > So far as I know all Ubuntu software interfaces correctly with > resolvconf. It is known that some third party

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Another data point. I just stumbled across AskUbuntu question #137037 and noticed that seven people have voted up the answer to run "dpkg- reconfigure resolvconf". That suggests that seven people had to run that command, i.e., that seven people were lacking the symlink for some reason. http:/

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Solomon: Linode tech support has told me that Linode intentionally removed the /etc/resolv.conf symlink. By default, all of their distribution templates use DHCP to obtain the IPv4 address on the first boot; dhclient is configured to write out a valid resolv.conf file at /etc/resolv.conf. That's

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

OK, got a reply from Linode. I will pursue the matter and report back here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial install

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I have just sent e-mail to Linode customer service bringing the issue to the company's attention. I don't see a BTS open to non-customers, but someone let me know if I've overlooked a more suitable communication channel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Solomon: Thanks for a very complete report. Another faulty image, presumably because a faulty image-building tool is being used. More later. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 T

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

+++ I had the same problem as described above.. after doing "sudo dpkg- reconfigure resolvconf" everything appears to be OK now. Repro and diag info below +++ - Setup a new box with www.Linode.com. Took their image of: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit. ## Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.5.2-x

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Hi Lisa. To address your problem we'll need some information. Please post the output of the following commands. dpkg -l resolvconf network-manager dnsmasq dnsmasq-base ls -l /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/resolv.conf ls -l /run/resolvconf ls -l /run/resolvconf/interface for F

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I just completed an upgrade on a Precise Pangolin VM that wrote a file to resolv.conf and which caused the name resolution to fail completely -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Titl

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Here's a new summary of the possible causes of the missing symlink for each contributor to this report or to one of its duplicates. Bad Linux Mint image (bug #1004421): toby-murray, albert-bendicho Bad Ubuntu EC2 cloud image (bug #1003595): louisli Bad Ubuntu Secure Remix image (bug #1051348): j

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Cerin: We need to find out which program it is that is not interfacing correctly with resolvconf. So far as I know all Ubuntu software interfaces correctly with resolvconf. It is known that some third party software doesn't interface correctly with resolvconf. Are you using a VPN client? Which

Re: [Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Thomas Hood <1000...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: >> if resolvconf locks up > > Note that resolvconf doesn't lock up. It's not a daemon. It's just a > script that gets run by other software that needs to update nameserver > information. That's what I mean. As you

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Cerin: The resolvconf package only creates the symbolic link /etc/resolv.conf --> ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf once, on initial installation. The package can be caused to repeat this action by running "dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" and agreeing to "linkify" /etc/resolv.conf. However, it is certain

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

An issue I've noticed is that `sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf` doesn't always fix the issue, because, as the program notes, a reboot is sometimes required to actually refresh the cached dns info. This makes using this on a laptop occasionally frustrating when traveling between wifi hotspots or re

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@BlueLight: Interesting, thanks. The message you referred to talks about Debian Live. Seems that its live-installer program clobbers resolv.conf. Unfortunately no one has filed a bug report about this --- there's nothing relevant at http://bugs.debian.org/live-installer or at https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Thomas Sorry if my explanation doesn't suffice but... First I took the 12.04 image that is the desktop-i386-32bit that was originally posted on Ubuntu website. I installed it and added some minor stuff like Skype and VLC. Then to create a bootable/redistributable copy of it I use remastersys (wh

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Taylor: Possibly the pre-Precise-release version of resolvconf had a bug causing it to fail to create the symlink (or another pre-Precise- release package had a bug causing it to remove the symlink); resolvconf only makes one attempt to create the symlink, so even if the bug was later fixed you we

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

The dpkg-reconfigure indeed solved the problem. My initial install was from the Maverick cycle, and I've usually done a commandline distrubution upgrade around the Alpha2-3 of every cycle since. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Here's a summary of (possible) causes of the missing symlink for the contributors to this report. Bad Mint image (bug #1004421): toby-murray, albert-bendicho Bad EC2 cloud image (bug #1003595): louisli Possibly some issue with ubuntu 12.04 amd64+mac image: cerin, peterlauri Juniper AnyConnect

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@BlueLight: Just to be clear, what is the exact image that you used to install? Where did you get it? What is its md5sum? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.co

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Bendi: I believe that your problem arises from a bad image. See #bug #1004421. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial in

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

still present on up-to-date Ubuntu installer iso 12.04 32-bit with Ubiquity installer Running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" fixes the issue (I have "yes" to both questions that appear). More info needed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Bendi: Thanks for providing good information about this failure case. Would it be possible to mail me your /var/log/dpkg.log* and /var/log/apt/* log files (in a tarball) and also let me know the exact time of the "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" you did? The log files are time-stamped so if I k

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

I have done a new installation with Linux Mint Maya (MATE-32 bit) and again I have the same issue (no /etc/resolv.conf created). This time, it is a brand new installation. No Updates installed, no VPN software added. Running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" fixes the issue (I have "yes" to bo

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@Thomas Hood (jdthood): yes, I have to run it after installation, accept defaults and it's all good after that. NOTE: the installer ISO has no problem connecting though. I think it might have to do with Ubiquity installer not doing it as the last step and skipping the reconfiguration of resolvc

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

** Changed in: resolvconf (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installat

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

@BlueLight: to fix the problem on the affected system does it suffice to do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf"? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: /etc/resolv.conf symlink

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

same issue here after creating a custom iso from a working system (with remastersys) and installing from it. /etc/resolv.conf not populated -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Titl

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

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[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

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[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Had to attach strace to the vpanagentd process that runs in the background. Here is "grep resolv.conf" from the log covering firing up the UI, connecting and disconnecting. So yes, it is indeed doing a rename. stat("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=126, ...}) = 0 stat("/etc/resolv

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Toby wrote: > However this does seem to be a move Can you please check this with strace(1)? The move function is rename(2). If you see something like the following in the output [...] rename("resolv.conf", "resolv.conf.vpnbackup")= 0 [...] rename("resolv.

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Yes, the contents of my /etc/resolv.conf is the same as /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/original I'm pretty sure I didn't manually answer any questions about resolv.conf when setting things up. I did a standard linux mint install and then at a later point installed the Cisco AnyConnect client from t

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Regarding the Cisco AnyConnect client (version 2.5.3041-k9): $ strings vpnagentd | grep resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.vpnbackup Regarding the Juniper Network Connect VPN client: http://askubuntu.com/questions/156154/how-to-prevent-juniper- network-connect-breaking-dns-resolut

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

What Toby and Bendi report is similar to what has been reported at (Linux Mint) bug #1004421. There people say that doing "dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" and agreeing to linkify suffices to fix the problem. Toby has the Cisco AnyConnect client installed. The submitter of bug #1002783 (a duplicate of

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

Trying to find a solution for my problems with a clean installation of Linux Mint 13/Maya (32bit-MATE) I got here. I think I have the same issue. BTW, as I see Cisco VPN mentioned, I have the "vpnc" packaged installed. Output of commands requested previously to other users; me@hostname ~ $ ls -l

[Bug 1000244] Re: /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package

** Summary changed: - resolv.conf not populated because /etc/resolv.conf symlink was not created + /etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of resolvconf package -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt