Several "Cannot resolve hostname" issues in Gnome Software, even though everything seems to be in working order
by TheJooomes from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5J576)
I'm running Debian 10 with all updates installed. This happens the first time I open Gnome Software after I leave my laptop in suspend for any significant amount of time, about more than an hour. It seems the longer I leave it in suspend, the more error messages appear. I'll try to write out a transcript of them all here.
Code:Unable to download updates from "extensions.gnome.org":
failed to download https://extensions.gnome.org//static/extensions.json:
Cannot resolve hostnameCode:Unable to download updates: internet access was required but wasn't available <link to Network Settings>Code:Unable to download firmware updates from "fwupd":
failed to download https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc:
Cannot resolve hostnameCode:Unable to download updates from "odrs.gnome.org":
failed to download https://odrs.gnome.org/1.0/reviews/api/ratings:
Cannot resolve hostnameI have a working internet connection over WiFi and both apt and flatpak seem to be perfectly healthy. Gnome Software seems to be fully functional as well. There's no "real" issue being caused, it's just really annoying having to click these away when I open Gnome Software. I'm able to ping each of these domains successfully, but the full addresses don't succeed. I have a pretty basic router and I'm the only techie in the house so I'm pretty sure there's no firewall.
So does anyone know how to get rid of these messages? Also, why is Gnome Software fully functional even though I cannot ping these specific addresses? Would someone please explain what's going on?
Code:Unable to download updates from "extensions.gnome.org":
failed to download https://extensions.gnome.org//static/extensions.json:
Cannot resolve hostnameCode:Unable to download updates: internet access was required but wasn't available <link to Network Settings>Code:Unable to download firmware updates from "fwupd":
failed to download https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc:
Cannot resolve hostnameCode:Unable to download updates from "odrs.gnome.org":
failed to download https://odrs.gnome.org/1.0/reviews/api/ratings:
Cannot resolve hostnameI have a working internet connection over WiFi and both apt and flatpak seem to be perfectly healthy. Gnome Software seems to be fully functional as well. There's no "real" issue being caused, it's just really annoying having to click these away when I open Gnome Software. I'm able to ping each of these domains successfully, but the full addresses don't succeed. I have a pretty basic router and I'm the only techie in the house so I'm pretty sure there's no firewall.
So does anyone know how to get rid of these messages? Also, why is Gnome Software fully functional even though I cannot ping these specific addresses? Would someone please explain what's going on?