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.
Richard Klein <rich@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
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