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RobertClarke64

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Registered: 2019-12-18

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf

So I've got Arch installed on my laptop with Gnome. Everything was working fine, until I tried installing Windscribe VPN.

I used the windscribe-cli on the AUR, and installed it with yay. The VPN would not connect properly so I googled ways to fix it. Nothing ended up working. I can't remember what I ended up doing to try to fix it, but I remember messing around with making a symlink for resolv.conf. Anyway this initially did not break it, it was only when I rebooted my laptop that the issue started occuring.

Basically, I can connect to WiFi, but the internet doesn't actually work. On Gnome I get a question mark over the WiFi signal indicator. I can temporarily fix this by running

sudo resolvconf -u

I then have to edit the /etc/resolv.conf file and add in a Google nameserver to make it work.

I think the resolv.conf file should be generated on each boot? Anyway it's not doing it, and when I manually generate it, it's generating a config that doesn't work. The nameservers it puts in there seem to be IP addresses from my university. However I have now come home, so it would no longer make sense for my university IP addresses to be in there, but it's still putting them in. It also has a line in it that says search, and then the website for my university. I'm not too sure what's going on here, but does anyone else?

Basically I think my laptop needs to generate the resolv.conf file automatically, and it's not doing so. Also when I try to generate it myself it's generating what seems to be a past version of itself, but a version that won't work any more.

Thanks

Last edited by RobertClarke64 (2019-12-18 21:43:39)

hcjl

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From: berlin

Registered: 2007-06-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf

How do you manage your network?

Last edited by hcjl (2019-12-18 15:26:48)

RobertClarke64

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Registered: 2019-12-18

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf

How do you manage your network?

I have NetworkManager, then just use the WiFi settings in gnome to connect to new networks etc.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … esolv.conf

RobertClarke64

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Registered: 2019-12-18

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … esolv.conf

Oh nice, thanks for that. Got it fixed now. Not sure why I didn't find that on the page before