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dimath

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Registered: 2012-01-18

Posts: 17

[SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

Have installed Arch for multiple years, no idea what went wrong this time:

$ ping google.com
ping: google.com: System error

$ sudo pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.rol.ru : Could not resolve host: mirror.rol.ru
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.yandex.ru : Could not resolve host: mirror.yandex.ru
error: failed to update core (download library error)
...

$ host goodle.com
goodle.com has address 103.224.182.209

Browser works, ping ip address works.

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by resolvconf
nameserver 192.168.1.254
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

$ cat /etc/resolvconf.conf 
resolv_conf=/etc/resolv.conf

$ ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.155  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::8e89:a5ff:fe02:be31  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 8c:89:a5:02:be:31  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 93999  bytes 105023804 (100.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 5  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 57468  bytes 8201102 (7.8 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 110033  bytes 5503333 (5.2 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 110033  bytes 5503333 (5.2 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Please, help.

Last edited by dimath (2016-11-12 19:43:45)

xonicman

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Registered: 2016-11-11

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

Have installed Arch for multiple years, no idea what went wrong this time:

$ ping google.com
ping: google.com: System error

,,,

$ host goodle.com
goodle.com has address 103.224.182.209

You wrote 'host gooDle.com'.

What are outputs of those:

dig google.com
grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf

And check if this thread can help you.

Regards

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,416

Re: [SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

If you have "wins" in nsswitch.conf, make sure winbindd is running.

Dantix

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Registered: 2012-03-22

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

If you have "wins" in nsswitch.conf, make sure winbindd is running.

Thanks, was there an update that introduced this change in config file?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,416

Re: [SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

No updated added "wins", that's a samba thing. The latest samba update now makes that change require winbindd running, though.

dimath

Member

Registered: 2012-01-18

Posts: 17

Re: [SOLVED] ping: google.com: System error

Thanks!!
Removing "wins" from "hots" in /etc/nsswitch.conf quickly solved it!

PS: Winbind seems to be running

$ sudo systemctl status winbindd.service
● winbindd.service - Samba Winbind daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/winbindd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2016-11-12 22:37:06 MSK; 9min ago
  Process: 579 ExecStart=/usr/bin/winbindd -D (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 625 (winbindd)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/winbindd.service
           ├─625 /usr/bin/winbindd -D
           └─635 /usr/bin/winbindd -D

Nov 12 22:37:02 guess systemd[1]: Starting Samba Winbind daemon...                                                                                                          
Nov 12 22:37:06 guess systemd[1]: Started Samba Winbind daemon.                                                                                                             
Nov 12 22:37:06 guess winbindd[625]: [2016/11/12 22:37:06.826646,  0] ../source3/winbindd/winbindd_cache.c:3244(initialize_winbindd_cache)                                  
Nov 12 22:37:06 guess winbindd[625]:   initialize_winbindd_cache: clearing cache and re-creating with version number 2                                                      
Nov 12 22:37:09 guess winbindd[625]: [2016/11/12 22:37:09.337995,  0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:124(daemon_ready)                                                         
Nov 12 22:37:09 guess winbindd[625]:   STATUS=daemon 'winbindd' finished starting up and ready to serve connections