{"id":1921,"date":"2019-09-01T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T22:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2019-09-22T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T22:34:15","slug":"windscribe-linux-breaks-internet-messed-up-dns-resolution-on-first-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/01\/windscribe-linux-breaks-internet-messed-up-dns-resolution-on-first-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Windscribe Linux breaks internet (messed up DNS resolution) on first use"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lost the internet (actually just DNS not resolving correctly) after installing Winscribe for Linux and disconnecting the session. WTF windscribe<\/a>! I know it’s beta version, but at least you should check if it bricks people’s internet after a fresh install and first use!<\/p>\n

Turns out that on first connection, it re-binds \/etc\/resolv.conf to\u00a0\/run\/resolvconf<\/a>\/resolv.conf which has this line:<\/p>\n

# Generated by resolvconf\r\nnameserver 10.255.255.2<\/pre>\n
So like systemd-resolve, Windscribe lets resolvconf steal the DNS redirection that’s supposed to go straight to my router to an intermediary 10.255.255.2 that doesn’t do the job! Aargh!<\/p>\n
To fix it (needs to be done every time after a Windscribe connection, so I’m getting rid of this lamely written Windscribe CLI for now), remove the symlink \/etc\/resolv.conf:<\/p>\n
sudo rm \/etc\/resolv.conf\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
and restart NetworkManager<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
so NetworkManager will re-generate \/etc\/resolv.conf directly (no symlink) with the correct name server from the GUI config program (in my case, automatically obtained from my router).<\/p>\n
Turns out it’s a common scene that in Linux, many DNS resolution program fight over the control over \/etc\/resolv.conf<\/a>. NetworkManager kicks in after you disabled the rest.<\/p>\n
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