DNS Resolution not working

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:18 AM, BRM <bm_witness at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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> >________________________________
> > From: BRM <bm_witness at yahoo.com>
> >To: "kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >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
> >Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
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