problem updating with possible connectivity problem

Asked by tearsforhari

Hello. I am trying to update Ubuntu 12.04.5. Actually, I think I successfully updated via the GUI. But after that, I seem to lost the capability to update and my web-browser stopped working. I can however ping 4.4.4.4. And my website is still online.

>apt-get update
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
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Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
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Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
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W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/source/Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/source/Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/source/Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/source/Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Have you tried rebooting your router, then your PC?

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#2

Yes.

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#3

After I updated, there were two updates that were left in the GUI. (I don't remember what they were). When I tried to update them, I ran into the above problems. Again, I can access my website and ssh into my computer. But I guess I can't out.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

Try:

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update

Is it smoother?

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#5

Yes. Thank you. I just updated and dist-upgraded. Can you explain what I just typed above?

Is there a command line to test whether firefox is working now? My computer is not local.

Finally, apt-get install did not work, but rather apt-get dist-upgrade did. I understand that apt-get install installs new packages, fixes dependencies, and upgrades packages where as apt-get dist-package just upgrades and remove incompatible files. It would seem that either should work. Can you clarify why I would choose one over the other?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

You changed your DNS server from whatever you were using to Google's public DNS. Your system is having issues with the DNS given by DHCP (from your router).

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#7

Thank you. I didn't actually change the DNS server after updating. I do not know how that might have happened. In any case, it is resolved now.

Can you answer the second part of my question above? It would help me choose wisely next time when updating my system.

I'm much in debt to you.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#8

"sudo apt-get install" needs an additional parameter (usually a package name, or several package names, or the "-f" option).
"sudo apt-get upgrade" and "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" do not need additional parameters.

If you want to install packages, or if you want to upgrade one single package, you should use "apt-get install packagename"
If you want to upgrade all packages for which newer versions are available, use "sudo apt-get upgrade" or "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".

For downloading and installing higher versions of packages you can of course also use the update-manager application. This is what most persons do, and this is recommended unless there are problems shown.

The supporters usually ask for the output of apt-get, because that produces more output which can help identify the root cause of problems.

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#9

Thanks again Manfred!

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#10

Hey, when I reboot I run into the same problem and have to do the following command again in order to update:
>echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null

How do I make the change permanent?

>cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#11

>cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#12

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee -a /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head > /dev/null

It will now get added each boot

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#13

>echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee -a
nameserver 8.8.8.8

>/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head > /dev/null
-bash: /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head: Permission denied

Did you forget an cat or echo at the beginning?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#14

You broke the command up into two lines.

this has to be one single command:

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee -a /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#15

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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tearsforhari (tearsforhari) said :
#16

Thanks Manfred. Much obliged.