/etc/resolv.conf is empty

[magi]

Binary package hint: network-manager

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Installed: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

after booting the system and logging in I have an empty /etc/resolv.conf. The gnome-nm-applet reports correct settings for DNS servers. When I manually restart network-manager the /etc/resolv.conf file is correctly populated and name resolution works.

[magi (magnus-hagdorn-marsupium)]

figured it out. my network settings were not correct: network-manger didn't manage my connection and the connection was not correctly setup in /etc/network/interfaces. letting network-manager manage the connection solved the problem. also i want to use network-manager anyway to use vpn.

[Bryan McLellan (btm)]

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