[Solved]"Name or service not known"

Bysshe · 2021-11-05 19:30:26

I'm using iwd to connect to the internet as standalone. I think I did not create my /etc/hosts file before enabling iwd as a systemctl service. Hopefully there is an easy fix. Using resolv.conf doesn't seem to be the answer. Thank you to anyone with great patience.

Last edited by Bysshe (2021-11-05 20:30:33)

Trilby · 2021-11-05 19:41:18

If you want help finding the solution, you should start by describing the problem. You've posted an error message in the title, but when / where / how frequently do you get that error message? What is the problem?

But as for /etc/hosts, you should have created that when you installed your system. If you didn't, review the installation guide and do so now. However, an incomplete /etc/hosts doesn't seem a likely source of that error message *unless* the error is just from trying to connect to "localhost" or similar.

Bysshe · 2021-11-05 20:13:38

The error message is from ping google.com, also no other internet services are working, as I would suspect since ping fails. Problem began after boot from a fresh install. I thought maybe my out-of-order configuration of /etc/hosts before leaving iwd as the network manager caused the problem.

Trilby · 2021-11-05 20:32:12

So you just marked this as solved ... if it is solved, please share the solution for others who find this thread.

Bysshe · 2021-11-05 20:33:08

I missed the step in IWD somehow to create the file /etc/iwd/main.conf and insert

 [General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true

Last edited by Bysshe (2021-11-05 20:33:48)

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[Solved]"Name or service not known"

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