I am sorry but all I can say is that on a DSL connection, behind a router, with fixed IPs and DNS servers : my computers don't need this software (Xubuntu had it, but Kubuntu didn't).
The description says that if you are using DHCP (be it dialup or a direct connection), you need this package for DNS resolution. You can test whether this package is essential without removing it. You simply need to prevent the execution of the service : sudo chmod -x /etc/init.d/resolvconf If after reboot you lost your connection then restore it : sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/resolvconf In case it doesn't work, try disabling the program itself : sudo chmod -x /sbin/resolvconf My knowledge in this is essentially empirical so : it should work (tm) -- No DNS at computer start https://launchpad.net/bugs/54115 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
