can't connect to Internet - DNS?

[rikona]

Hello Jacob,

Sunday, November 11, 2012, 11:22:52 PM, Jacob wrote:

> On 12 Nov 2012, at 7:10AM, Tom H wrote:
>> 
>> What's the output of:
>> 
>> aptitude search -F "%c %a %M %30p %10t %20v %20V"
>> "?or(dnsmasq,network-manager,resolvconf)"
>> 
>> ps -ef | grep dhc
>>

> A better one to try first might be

> ping 8.8.8.8

I can ping a numeric address - just not a name. That's what suggested
a dns problem...

Thanks for the fast reply, [gotta sleep now...]

 rikona