- WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] DNS not resolving
by Richard Klein 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

I hate to admit that I'm using Kali for a daily driver, but it usually works fine. Plus, it's based on debian. Anyway, I created /etc/resolvconf containing: nameserver 8.8.8.8 and that did the trick. I have connectivity now. I still want to understand the mechanics. As you can see, the NetworkManager GUI doesn't agree with /etc/resolvconf, and the file seems to take precedence over the GUI. http://imgur.com/a/Rngbf On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 9:16 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Richard> I did a dist-upgrade on my computer. Afterward, I got an > Richard> error related to a broken link for resolvconf. I read > Richard> somewhere that the file gets created if it doesn't exist, so > Richard> I unlinked and deleted the offending file (I think it was / > Richard> etc/resolvconf, but I don't remember). > > Sounds like your on a debian style system. Details please? For > example, on Ubuntu (recent ones I think) you need to add a line like: > > dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 > > into your /etc/network/interfaces file so that on bootup it will > populate /etc/resolv.conf properly. > > Richard> Now I don't seem to have any DNS. I can still access my > Richard> routers menu by typing in the dotted quad, but no alpha > Richard> URLs. Any ideas? > > cat /etc/resolv.conf first off. > > Richard> I entered the Google DNS addresses: 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.8.4 in the > network settings > Richard> GUI. That looks good, but addresses still aren't resolving. > > You might need to reboot, but first just tell us the Distribution and > version you're using. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

1 0

20th Anniversary WLUG BBQ August 10th!!!
by Tim Keller 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

Hey Gang, I want to start by thanking long time member Doug Mildram for graciously offering up his home for the 20th anniversary WLUG BBQ! Date: August 10th, 2017 @ 7pm. Location: 540 Linden St, Boylston MA Topic: Marvel at 20 years of WLUG and where linux has come in 20 years! Food: If you have special dietary requirements feel free to bring your own stuff. I don't believe that Doug keeps a kosher home so please take that into consideration as well. I'm going to bring an assortment of Hotdogs / Hamburgers / Brautwurst, etc. As well as Chips / Dips / Soda. Doug has also mentioned that his pool is fully operational so if you're inclined to swim, bring appropriate gear. Please email me directory (turbofx(a)gmail.com) that you're coming so I can accurately purchase food and drink. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

1 0

Re: [Wlug] DNS not resolving
by Eric Martin 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

Can you ping 8.8.8.8? If you can’t ping it, that would explain why you can’t resolve even if resolv.conf is correct. The syntax that others mentioned is good, you should be set if you can ping. If you can’t ping that, can you ping your gateway, what’s you up if you can’t? Hope that helps. On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 9:24 PM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> writes: > > > I did a dist-upgrade on my computer. Afterward, I got an error related > > to a broken link for resolvconf. I read somewhere that the file gets > > created if it doesn't exist, so I unlinked and deleted the offending > > file (I think it was /etc/resolvconf, but I don't remember). > > Don't confuse resolv.conf with resolvconf. > The file /etc/resolv.conf is the traditional > configuration file that says where to find a name server. > > Try putting this in there: > > # cat /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > > Depending upon your distribution, there may be magic > whizz-bang stuff that automatically rewrites this file > based upon other configuration files or guis. > I think resolvconf is one of those. It may overwrite > /etc/resolv.conf, but if a handwritten resolve.conf > works, that gives you a place to start. > > At least that's my first guess. > > -- Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

1 0

Re: [Wlug] DNS not resolving
by Keith Wright 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> writes: > I did a dist-upgrade on my computer. Afterward, I got an error related > to a broken link for resolvconf. I read somewhere that the file gets > created if it doesn't exist, so I unlinked and deleted the offending > file (I think it was /etc/resolvconf, but I don't remember). Don't confuse resolv.conf with resolvconf. The file /etc/resolv.conf is the traditional configuration file that says where to find a name server. Try putting this in there: # cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 8.8.8.8 Depending upon your distribution, there may be magic whizz-bang stuff that automatically rewrites this file based upon other configuration files or guis. I think resolvconf is one of those. It may overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, but if a handwritten resolve.conf works, that gives you a place to start. At least that's my first guess. -- Keith

1 0

Re: [Wlug] DNS not resolving
by John Stoffel 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

Richard> I did a dist-upgrade on my computer. Afterward, I got an Richard> error related to a broken link for resolvconf. I read Richard> somewhere that the file gets created if it doesn't exist, so Richard> I unlinked and deleted the offending file (I think it was / Richard> etc/resolvconf, but I don't remember). Sounds like your on a debian style system. Details please? For example, on Ubuntu (recent ones I think) you need to add a line like: dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 into your /etc/network/interfaces file so that on bootup it will populate /etc/resolv.conf properly. Richard> Now I don't seem to have any DNS. I can still access my Richard> routers menu by typing in the dotted quad, but no alpha Richard> URLs. Any ideas? cat /etc/resolv.conf first off. Richard> I entered the Google DNS addresses: 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.8.4 in the network settings Richard> GUI. That looks good, but addresses still aren't resolving. You might need to reboot, but first just tell us the Distribution and version you're using. John

1 0

DNS not resolving
by Richard Klein 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

I did a dist-upgrade on my computer. Afterward, I got an error related to a broken link for resolvconf. I read somewhere that the file gets created if it doesn't exist, so I unlinked and deleted the offending file (I think it was /etc/resolvconf, but I don't remember). Now I don't seem to have any DNS. I can still access my routers menu by typing in the dotted quad, but no alpha URLs. Any ideas? I entered the Google DNS addresses: 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.8.4 in the network settings GUI. That looks good, but addresses still aren't resolving.

1 0

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 13th 2017
by Chuck Anderson 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

July is often a difficult month. Many people on vacations, etc. Joining the email list is self-service: http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug which is linked from the top of the main website: http://www.wlug.org/ On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:58:26AM -0400, Eric Martin wrote: > I think a lot of us had other commitments last night, I know I did. In other news, did we ever figure out when and where for the BBQ? > > Thank you, > -- > Eric > > > On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:44 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > > > > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Our next meeting is going to be July 13th 2017. > >> Location: WPI Campus center MidCentury Room (rm 331) > >> Topic: Currently no topic. > >> I'm going to be on vacation and will miss this meeting. > >> Thanks, Tim. > > > > Well, that didn't work out so well. > > > > I went to the location at the time, but there was not > > only no topic, but no meeting really. Only one other > > person was there. He said he is not on the mailing > > list and so did not get the cancellation notice. > > I said I am on the mailling list and did not > > get any such notice. We talked about stuff for > > half an hour and then went about our respective > > businesses. > > > > He gave me his email address, and asked to be put > > on the mailing list. I can't do that, but will > > the powers that fade in and out of being please > > add the following address to the WLUG mailing > > list: > > > > KB0996(a)hotmail.com > > > > thank you, > > -- Keith

1 0

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 13th 2017
by Tim Keller 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Well that saddens me. I was hoping there'd be a meeting despite me. As for the BBQ I'd like to have it next month if at all possible, barring that having it in autumn worked out really well last year. I'll think up some dates and put them out. The one person I REALLY want to attend is Andy, so Andy since I know you read the mailing list, let me know what works for you and I'll engineer it so. Maddog, that counts for you as well. I'm going to start planning an *actual* list of topics as well. Later, Tim. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think a lot of us had other commitments last night, I know I did. In > other news, did we ever figure out when and where for the BBQ? > > Thank you, > -- > Eric > > > On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:44 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > wrote: > > > > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Our next meeting is going to be July 13th 2017. > >> Location: WPI Campus center MidCentury Room (rm 331) > >> Topic: Currently no topic. > >> I'm going to be on vacation and will miss this meeting. > >> Thanks, Tim. > > > > Well, that didn't work out so well. > > > > I went to the location at the time, but there was not > > only no topic, but no meeting really. Only one other > > person was there. He said he is not on the mailing > > list and so did not get the cancellation notice. > > I said I am on the mailling list and did not > > get any such notice. We talked about stuff for > > half an hour and then went about our respective > > businesses. > > > > He gave me his email address, and asked to be put > > on the mailing list. I can't do that, but will > > the powers that fade in and out of being please > > add the following address to the WLUG mailing > > list: > > > > KB0996(a)hotmail.com > > > > thank you, > > -- Keith > > > > PS: not what I expected, but no disaster either. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

1 0

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 13th 2017
by Eric Martin 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

I think a lot of us had other commitments last night, I know I did. In other news, did we ever figure out when and where for the BBQ? Thank you, -- Eric > On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:44 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> Our next meeting is going to be July 13th 2017. >> Location: WPI Campus center MidCentury Room (rm 331) >> Topic: Currently no topic. >> I'm going to be on vacation and will miss this meeting. >> Thanks, Tim. > > Well, that didn't work out so well. > > I went to the location at the time, but there was not > only no topic, but no meeting really. Only one other > person was there. He said he is not on the mailing > list and so did not get the cancellation notice. > I said I am on the mailling list and did not > get any such notice. We talked about stuff for > half an hour and then went about our respective > businesses. > > He gave me his email address, and asked to be put > on the mailing list. I can't do that, but will > the powers that fade in and out of being please > add the following address to the WLUG mailing > list: > > KB0996(a)hotmail.com > > thank you, > -- Keith > > PS: not what I expected, but no disaster either. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

1 0

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 13th 2017
by Keith Wright 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > Our next meeting is going to be July 13th 2017. > Location: WPI Campus center MidCentury Room (rm 331) > Topic: Currently no topic. > I'm going to be on vacation and will miss this meeting. > Thanks, Tim. Well, that didn't work out so well. I went to the location at the time, but there was not only no topic, but no meeting really. Only one other person was there. He said he is not on the mailing list and so did not get the cancellation notice. I said I am on the mailling list and did not get any such notice. We talked about stuff for half an hour and then went about our respective businesses. He gave me his email address, and asked to be put on the mailing list. I can't do that, but will the powers that fade in and out of being please add the following address to the WLUG mailing list: KB0996(a)hotmail.com thank you, -- Keith PS: not what I expected, but no disaster either.

1 0