..^that does not require any nameservers, in the computer or on the network, as I mentioned earlier. So it's normal, not weird. What would be weird is if you can browse the internet without the help of any DNS servers.
So can you browse the internet? If you can, please check
Code:
nm-tool | grep -i dns
to see what DNS servers you are using.
As for 'resolv.conf' file, I don't know why, but I can see in my 12.04 installation that it has been moved to
/run/resolvconf directory, and the
/etc directory now only has a symbolic link to it. But obviously you don't have even that symbolic link there, hence the cat command error.
Please check if your /run/resolvconf directory has that file, and whether it has any entries in it (IIRC, it is only created (automatically) at the time of configuring the network for browsing internet) :
Code:
cat /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf
If it is there, you can manually create a symbolic link to it in your /etc directory by:
Code:
sudo ln -st /etc /run/resovconf/resolv.conf
(copy-paste the command to avoid errors)
Alternatively, you can manually create that file in the /etc directory with :
Code:
echo "nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver yy.yy.yy.yy | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf
where xx... and yy... are your preferred primary and secondary DNS servers.
That said, I really can't say if that may fix your conky related problem as I'm not familiar with that application, nor what it does (I guess its time I get some info about it..).
Besides, sometimes it is not necessary to have resolv.conf file to browse internet. For example, my ppp gprs connection has its own DNS servers, which are not included in my resolv.conf file.
Beyond this, I think I can give any useful advice only after getting familiar with conky (for which, I may not have enough time right now).
If it still doesn't help, please post the outputs of 'nm-tool' and the cat command above.
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