On 2022-09-02 at 18:08:42 -0500, Doug Newgard via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:12:35 -0400 > Dan Sommers via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 2022-09-02 at 10:01:15 -0400, > > Dan Sommers via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On 2022-09-02 at 09:41:21 -0400, > > > Dan Sommers via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > [Then I found <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=253005>.] > > > > > FYI: QEMU is just like drill: it doesn't work with systemd-resolved's > > > default resolv.conf. When I added a nameserver line to resolv.conf, my > > > virual machines gained internet access. > > > > FWIW: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1189 > > > > If you resolv.conf was empty, you didn't set up systemd-resolved correctly. See > the wiki, it should be a symlink. I set up iwd as per https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd during installation. There are three sentences about a DNS Manager, including a note that "if not specified, systemd-resolved is used as the default." I didn't set up systemd-resolved at all, which means that you are not wrong to say that I didn't set it up correctly. :-) (My previous Arch system came with ConnMann and netctl out of the box, and I switched to NetworkManager for the sake of XFCE. I don't recall doing anything special to set up name resolution.) If I missed something during or shortly after installation, then this is all on me, and I learned a few things, and I'll know better next time. In the interest of improving Arch and perhaps saving someone else from the running into the same situation, I went back through the the Installation Guide and the General Recommendations. The Installation Guide says that I can verify my internet connection with "ping archlinux.org," which has always worked. That's followed by a note that, "[in] the installation image, systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd and ModemManager are preconfigured and enabled by default. That will not be the case for the installed system." The only reference to DNS in the General Recommendations is about better security. Hindsight being 20/20, I could say that the note in the Installation Guide told me to go back and check my network setup after the installation. On the other hand, that note follows the paragraph that says that I can verify my network connection by pinging archlinux.org. In my best Bones McCoy voice, I'm a [retired] software developer, not a network administrator. My recommendation would be something in the General Recommendations about re-checking that networking (i.e., whatever you did under "Connect to the internet" during installation) is completely and correctly set up, even if you did choose the defaults during installation (or didn't override those defaults if you didn't have to). If there's a place to make this recommendation (and to justify it by today's experience), then by all means, point me to it. Thanks for listening (and for Arch), Dan -- I can eat glass, it does not hurt me. Dan Sommers, http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan
