One thing of note is that I do *not* have Network Manager installed. This is replicable from using the official Ubuntu Precise 12.04 amd64 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud image, ebs-backed.
ubuntu@ip-10-99-11-22:~$ debconf-show resolvconf debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied resolvconf/downup-interfaces: resolvconf/linkify-resolvconf: false resolvconf/link-tail-to-original: true resolvconf/reboot-recommended-after-removal: ubuntu@ip-10-99-11-22:~$ sudo !! sudo debconf-show resolvconf resolvconf/downup-interfaces: resolvconf/linkify-resolvconf: false resolvconf/link-tail-to-original: true resolvconf/reboot-recommended-after-removal: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: Network Manager does not populate resolv.conf because /etc/resolv.conf symlink was not created To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs