[Freedombox-discuss] Additional info Re: Internal DNS, VPN and dynamic DNS.

[A. F. Cano]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 12:48:12PM -0500, A. F. Cano wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 11:01:04PM -0500, A. F. Cano wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> After a reboot, ping still returns the following:
> 
> > $ ping <sub-domain>.freedombox.rocks
> > PING <sub-domain>.freedombox.rocks (73.160.195.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from c-73-160-195-4.hsd1.nj.comcast.net (73.160.195.4): icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=1.07 ms
> > 64 bytes from c-73-160-195-4.hsd1.nj.comcast.net (73.160.195.4): icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=0.956 ms
> 
> OpenVPN is disabled, and now there is an additional service that fails,
> according to cockpit -> Services:
> 
> NetworkManager-wait-online	Failed to start		Enabled
> 
> If I click on it and then hit "Restart" it appears to start.

I wasn't clear here.  Restart works after re-enabling OpenVPN.

> Doing the same to the calibre service that also fails to start on boot,
> fails.  No surprise there since the calibre app is not installed.
> 
> Should services of not-installed apps and disabled apps be tweeked to
> catch these cases so that the "Failed to start" messages don't appear?
> 
> Augustine