nameserver IP address ignored, no DNS lookup

[keepitsimpleengr]

After upgrading to 11.11, wicd does not use the DNS domain IP address set in the network properties.

If the IP is saved as "nameserver nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" in /etc/resolv.conf, DNS lookup works until a reboot.

Wicd replaces "network Manager" which does not work in Ideapad S12 (intel atom).

ljohnson@KISE-007:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
...:~$ apt-cache policy wicd
wicd:
  Installed: 1.7.0+ds1-6
  Candidate: 1.7.0+ds1-6
  Version table:
 *** 1.7.0+ds1-6 0
        500 http://mirror.math.ucdavis.edu/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
...:~$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: wicd 1.7.0+ds1-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 27 13:12:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wicd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-25 (1 days ago)

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

This may be an ubuntu online upgrade error.

The network manager (which does not work on this computer) was installed even though wicd was installed and network manager was not.

I deleted network manager using synaptic, and now the resolv.conf is not overwritten at boot. This means the resolv.conf work·around now survives a reboot.

wicd however does not properly specifiy the nameserver IP address with network manager uninstalled so that issue is still alive.