# Temporary failure resolving

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1954/temporary-failure-resolving
Category: VOXL 2 and VOXL 2 Mini (https://forum.modalai.com/category/26/voxl-2-and-voxl-2-mini)
Tags: voxl-2
Posted: 2023-03-16 21:04:24 UTC by wilkinsaf
Replies: 1 · Views: 313

## wilkinsaf · 2023-03-16 21:04:24 UTC

When I try to run `apt-get update` I see the following errors

```
voxl2:/$ apt-get update
Get:1 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ InRelease
Ign:1 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ InRelease
Get:2 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Release                      
Ign:2 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Release                      
Get:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages                       
Ign:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages                       
Err:4 http://voxl-packages.modalai.com ./dists/qrb5165/dev/binary-arm64/ InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'voxl-packages.modalai.com'
Err:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic InRelease                    
  Temporary failure resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com'
Err:6 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic InRelease                
  Temporary failure resolving 'download.docker.com'
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en                 
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Err:8 http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu bionic InRelease           
  Temporary failure resolving 'packages.ros.org'
Get:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages            
Ign:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Err:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com'
Get:3 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Packages [9037 B]
Err:10 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-backports InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com'
Err:11 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com'
Err:12 http://packages.ros.org/ros2/ubuntu bionic InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'packages.ros.org'
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Get:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en
Ign:7 file:/data/voxl-suite-offline-packages ./ Translation-en

```

I am pluggged into ethernet and can access the internet
```
voxl2:/$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=22.991 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=11.634 ms
^C--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 11.634/17.312/22.991/5.679 ms
```

## Reply by wilkinsaf · 2023-03-16 21:05:04 UTC

I resolved this by doing 1 of 2 things

1. Powercycle
2. Add `nameserver 8.8.8.8` to `/etc/resolv.conf`

These are only temporary fixes, but get the job done so I can keep developing