DNS Resolution not working

[BRM]

Well, I got it working but I really don't know why.
I finally went into /etc/nsswitch.conf and removed the [NOTFOUND=return] from the "hosts" line; and it started working.
I re-added it and it continued working, so I'm really not sure what it fixed - may be it cleared some cache or something.
I'll see if it continues to work tomorrow when I get back to work.

Ben






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>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:41 PM
>Subject: DNS Resolution not working
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>I am having severe difficulty with my Kubuntu 13.04 installation whereby the DNS simply will no longer resolve.
>I have disabled dnsmasq from NetworkManager to try to fix it, and I have also tried the reconfiguring resolvconf per the below URL.
>http://askubuntu.com/questions/137037/networkmanager-not-populating-resolv-conf#172517
>Even after several reboots the system fails to resolve DNS names for most applications (nslookup works just fine, but not Firefox, svn, Dolphin, etc).
>I'm at wits end trying to figure out where to look next. DNS has been a little flaky for a while - requiring a second time to get it to resolve - but now its outright dead.
>As it is my work laptop, I really need to get it working again. (Writing this from my personal tablet.)
>Ideas?
>Ben
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