Searched the web for the problem, seems like it's been broken for the last six years:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/621670/resolver-fails-because-of-no- recursion-enabled-on-dns-server-and-aaaa-returned https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108383/why-do-dns-queries-fail- if-the-first-nameserver-is-not-recursive -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1742943 Title: DNS resolving broken with non-recursive resolvers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1742943/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs