What is wrong with my system? Should I format this drive?
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Can you create a second user account, log in to that account and see if those things work? That would rule out a config problem in your current home directory. I'd only re-format as a last resort.
Can you create a second user account, log in to that account and see if those things work? That would rule out a config problem in your current home directory. I'd only re-format as a last resort.
Thats a good idea, I will give that a try. Thanks for the tip.
I agree: "reformatting" would be just a huge waste of time.
(This isn't Windows, you know!)
I would start, for example, by powering the machine all the way down to power-off, wait a few seconds, then restart it. Make sure that the router (internet connection) is in good shape and consider power off/on for that piece of equipment, as well.
Most basically, what changed? What happened last night?
What will that do? I am afraid of messing something up and making it worse if I dont understand what I am doing. I am looking through the provided link.
When you connect to your ISP using DHCP, the IP addresses of the DNS servers available from your ISP can be transferred to your /etc/resolv.conf file.
The search <your.ISP.domainname> line tells your setup where to ask for the DNS addresses.
Feel free to change it. If it does not work you can always change it back. It will not mess anything up.
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