Marking Status Triaged due to easy reproducibility, and Importance Low due to easily implemented WORKAROUND.
** Description changed: - used existing virtual machines with old versions of virtual box, but - also tested with brand new virtualbox VMS. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch) + Release: 12.10 - in both cases, I could ping ip addresses when connected with a NAT - virtual NIC, but not do DNS lookup. + 2) apt-cache policy virtualbox + virtualbox: + Installed: 4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1 + Candidate: 4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one starts VMs that worked in + Precise: + + + Microsoft Windows Vista Business + 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002 + + + lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch) + Release: 12.10 + + one may open a browser (IE or Firefox) and it successfully connects to + the internet. + + 4) What happens instead is it does not. + This was also tested with brand new virtualbox VMS. + + One may still ping ip addresses when connected with a NAT virtual NIC, + but not do DNS lookup. + + WORKAROUND: Execute at a terminal: + VBoxManage modifyvm VMNAME --natdnshostresolver1 on ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: virtualbox 4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 10 15:38:16 2012 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.1) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: virtualbox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Tags added: i386 regression-release ** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048783 Title: network name lookups broken in NAT network adaptors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/virtualbox/+bug/1048783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
