Apt-get & Firefox not working after Firefox update

[ve3dvv]

Symptoms after the updates;
- have 2 systems running ubuntu 9.10 and both did the same thing after the update.
Firefox gives message: Firefox can't find the server at .......

- After uninstalling Firefox I found out Apt-Get cannot access the network anymore also. Reinstalling Firefox from the the distro CD did not help.

- Update Manager stopped working as well. "Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

NOTE:
Somehow my virtual machines installed under VBox can still use the network and use Apt-Get, Update Manager or Firefox, but only when bridged.

John

[lemming465]

Smells like a DNS problem. Do you get a different result from dig www.wisc.edu than from dig @8.8.8.8 www.wisc.edu? If so, hand-edit /etc/resolv.conf (sudo nano ...) and put some nameserver lines in, e.g. nameserver 8.8.8.8. Beware, the configuration problem may have dhclient and NetworkManager reverting it to broken on you.

[ve3dvv]

You are right on!
I edited /etc/resolv.conf an put a valid address in it (my routers address).

I also can get my updates again............................

Thanks a bunch:guitar:

John