[SOLVED] On the trail of the resolv.conf killer -- a murder mystery

[GreyGeek]

Re: [SOLVED] On the trail of the resolv.conf killer -- a murder mystery

You nailed it!

jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~/$ sudo wicd --kill
[sudo] password for jerry:
jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~/$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~/$ vdir /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig
vdir: cannot access /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig: No such file or directory
jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~/$

/etc/resolv.conf is what /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.org was
/var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.org doesn't exist.
After I restart wicd /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.org now contains the "# Generated by Networkmanager" line.

Sherlock Homes .... move over!

[kubicle]

Re: [SOLVED] On the trail of the resolv.conf killer -- a murder mystery

And "sudo service wicd stop" doesn't stop wicd with "sudo wicd --kill" (maybe it should though?) /etc/init.d/wicd uses the generic "start-stop-daemon" command...and wicd doesn't restore resolv.conf.

I found this on the release notes on 1.7.0:

Changes for Packagers:
- Wicd now supports a -k option, which should be run by the init script
when the daemon is stopped to release the DHCP lease but should not
be run on a restart of the daemon.

("-k" is the same as "--kill")

[GreyGeek]

Re: [SOLVED] On the trail of the resolv.conf killer -- a murder mystery

Looking through all this wicd stuff ... I rememeber now why I retired:

/etc/wicd
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf
/etc/default/wicd
/etc/init.d/wicd
/etc/rc0.d/K20wicd
/etc/rc1.d/K20wicd
/etc/rc2.d/S20wicd
/etc/rc3.d/S20wicd
/etc/rc4.d/S20wicd
/etc/rc5.d/S20wicd
/etc/rc6.d/K20wicd
/etc/wicd/dhclient.conf.template
/etc/wicd/dhclient.conf.template.default
/etc/wicd/encryption
/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf
/etc/wicd/scripts
/etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf
/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf
/etc/wicd/encryption/templates
.....
/etc/wicd/scripts/postconnect
/etc/wicd/scripts/postdisconnect
/etc/wicd/scripts/preconnect
/etc/wicd/scripts/predisconnect
/etc/xdg/autostart/wicd-tray.desktop
/home/jerry/.wicd
/usr/bin/wicd-client
/usr/bin/wicd-curses
/usr/bin/wicd-gtk
/usr/lib/kde4/solid_wicd.so
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/91wicd
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/wicd
.....
/usr/sbin/wicd
/usr/share/wicd
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/wicd.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/icons/wicd-gtk.png
/usr/share/applications/wicd.desktop
/usr/share/bug/python-wicd
/usr/share/bug/wicd
....
/usr/share/doc/python-wicd
/usr/share/doc/wicd
....
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/wicd-gtk.png
....
/usr/share/kde4/services/solidbackends/solid_wicd.desktop
/usr/share/locale/ar_EG/LC_MESSAGES/wicd.mo
......
/usr/share/man/man1/wicd-client.1.gz
...
/usr/share/man/man5/wicd-manager-settings.conf.5.gz
...
/usr/share/man/man8/wicd-curses.8.gz
.....
/usr/share/menu/wicd-gtk
/usr/share/pixmaps/wicd
.....
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/backend.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/configmanager.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/dbusmanager.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/logfile.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/misc.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/networking.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/translations.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/wnettools.py
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/wpath.py
/usr/share/python-support/python-wicd.public
/usr/share/wicd
....
/var/lib/wicd
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-wicd.list
...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/wicd-curses.list
....
/var/lib/update-rc.d/wicd
/var/lib/wicd/configurations
/var/lib/wicd/dhclient.conf
/var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig
...
/var/log/wicd
/var/log/wicd/wicd.log
...

[kubicle]

Re: [SOLVED] On the trail of the resolv.conf killer -- a murder mystery

Looking through all this wicd stuff ... I rememeber now why I retired:

I can see what you mean