I've tried your fix Sander and it sort of works. Which is to say that resolvconf properly runs at boot. HOWEVER, it does not run correctly on ifdown/ifup:
$ sudo ifdown eth0 [sudo] password for reardon: resolvconf: Error: /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/interface is not a directory resolvconf: Error: /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/interface is not a directory run-parts: /etc/network/if-down.d/resolvconf exited with return code 1 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 1166 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1d:92:a0:77:90 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1d:92:a0:77:90 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 resolvconf: Error: /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/interface is not a directory * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only ...done. $ sudo ifup eth0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1d:92:a0:77:90 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1d:92:a0:77:90 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPOFFER of 192.168.0.198 from 192.168.0.1 DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.198 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK of 192.168.0.198 from 192.168.0.1 * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only ...done. resolvconf: Error: /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/interface is not a directory bound to 192.168.0.198 -- renewal in 2147483648 seconds. resolvconf: Error: /lib/init/rw/resolvconf/interface is not a directory run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf exited with return code 1 +Reardon On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Sander van Grieken <san...@3v8.net> wrote: > but still, this is probably not the bug you suffer from.. > > -- > resolvconf starts after ifupdown, does not pick the dns-nameserver and > dns-search lines up from /etc/network/interfaces > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448095 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: resolvconf > > ifdown -a ; ifup -a fixes the problem after a reboot. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sat Oct 10 17:55:06 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > Package: resolvconf 1.44ubuntu1 > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.43-generic > SourcePackage: resolvconf > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/448095/+subscribe > > -- resolvconf starts after ifupdown, does not pick the dns-nameserver and dns-search lines up from /etc/network/interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448095 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs