failed to synchronize cache for 'updates'

asked 2017-03-06 15:22:27 -0600

nriacone gravatar image

I have recently installed Fedora 25 (Server) in a virtual environment. Whenever I attempt any use of 'dnf', I receive the 'Failed to synchronize cache ...' message. I tried to ping 'google.com' with no success, but 8.8.8.8 responds. I am new to Linux and need guidance as to what should I try to fix first.

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Welcome to ask.fedora. Does pinging google.com just fail, or does it respond with Name or service not known, which would mean that DNS is failing.

sideburns gravatar imagesideburns ( 2017-03-06 16:03:41 -0600 )edit

The system responds with "Name or service not known". I was not clear in my original post that that was the system response when pinging google.com

nriacone gravatar imagenriacone ( 2017-03-07 07:46:31 -0600 )edit

OK, try editing your network connection and specifying a pair of DNS servers.

sideburns gravatar imagesideburns ( 2017-03-07 13:25:59 -0600 )edit

I used 'nmcli device show' and it lists one of my Windows 2012 R2 servers as IP.DNS[1]. How do I add the second DNS server? I would plan on using 8.8.8.8 as the second DNS.

nriacone gravatar imagenriacone ( 2017-03-07 14:29:36 -0600 )edit

Normally, I deal with such things through a GUI. However, if I had to use a CLI, I'd start out with man nmcli to find out if it can do what I need.

sideburns gravatar imagesideburns ( 2017-03-07 14:43:48 -0600 )edit
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