Server stopped DNS name resolution

[Gabor Szabo]

Hi,

I run an Ubuntu based VPS on Linode.
I few hours ago the machine stopped resolving hostnames.
I think it was after an "aptitude safe-upgrade" and a reboot, but I am not
sure. Maybe was like this earlier.

It takes ages to ssh to it, once I got to the machine I can ping IP
addresses from it, but I cannot ping anything with a hostname.

this is what I have in resolv.conf

# cat /etc/resolv.conf

domain members.linode.com

search members.linode.com

nameserver 72.14.179.5

nameserver 72.14.188.5

options rotate


I tried to replace the nameservers with others that are listed in another
of my servers, but that did not make a change.

How can I track down what has the server stopped resolving hostnames?

Accessing the server via HTTP work as expected.

Gabor
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