suddenly unable to access duckduckgo or youtube

[ntprather]

I've no idea what changed. This evening when I booted up the system I was unable to connect to either duckduckgo or youtube. This occurs in Brave, Chrome, and Firefox. It only occurs on my LinuxMint machine, Android and Windows machines are connecting fine.

There is no firewall setup, rather I've never changed the default setting (whatever it is).
All the other sites I've tried work fine. It seems limited to those sites.

Thank you for any insight.
::more info based on advice and questions::
Yes, I tried rebooting.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-53 v: V1.19 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: CFL model: Freed_CFS v: V1.19 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.19
    date: 07/13/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 43.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 43.0/48.9 Wh (87.9%) volts: 16.4 min: 15.2
    model: LG PABAS0241231 serial: <filter> status: Full
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3999 high: 4000 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 4000 2: 4000 3: 4000 4: 3998
    5: 4000 6: 4000 7: 4000 8: 4000 bogomips: 36799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia
    v: 515.86.01 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c8d
  Device-3: Quanta HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0408:a060
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 98
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 diag: 395mm (15.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0fb9
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a370
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 06:00.1
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp6s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-14:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1
    sub-v: 100
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus-ID: 00:17.0
    chip-ID: 8086:282a
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 36.3 GiB (1.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 36.29 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: vgmint-root
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 13.4 MiB (2.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1
    mapped: vgmint-swap_1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C pch: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2349 apt: 2331 flatpak: 18
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https: //linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 324 Uptime: 2m Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 2.28 GiB (14.7%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.4.12 inxi: 3.3.13

So far the only sites showing this problem are Youtube and DuckDuckGo and......belfrycomics.net (How will I survive without my morning comics? ::shrug::

[linux-rox]

FWIW, no problem here, so it's probably something with your system. You tried reboot, right?

[motoryzen]

ntPrather....

Please post your system info. Step 5 of how to get help ( that is surrounded in pink...impossible to miss) explains the terminal way on how to do this.

Guy way = windows logo button on your keyboard, " system report" without quotes, click " System information" button in upper left, " Copy" button in bottom right. come back here. </> button , then hold Ctrl and press v to paste. click submit ( this makes it easier to scroll-read your info and it not take up much webpage spaces).

--- often such system info saves much time wasting guessing for everyone . That's why this site's management created that section in Pink " forum rules" Before you post.. please read.. and then that " how to get help ' link.

1. s it only duckduckgo and youtube sites that don't launch? OR all sites ( meaning are you messaging us from a phone or from that same Linux Mint PC as well ? )

2. Do you create regular Timeshift Snapshots? If so, try restoring to the most recent one ( if it was days or a few weeks ago even) to see if the problem is then solved. If so, then that tells me that chances are either.

A. You messed with something you didn't mean to
or
B. An Update of some sort changed something else

3. ..side note curiosity= When you launch the Update Manager, and click Refresh..do you get any error messages? If so..what are those messages?

[ntprather]

Thanks for the advice on system info. I've added it to the original post.

No Timeshift, it's a new install so I haven't run one yet.

Update Manager gives no error messages.

The laptop which has Elementary OS loads those sites without issue.

Norman

[motoryzen]

hmmm.. What are the results when you try it the terminal way?

firefox https://www.duckduckgo.com

google-chrome https://www.duckduckgo.com

brave-browser https://www.duckduckgo.com

( or it may just be brave..I forgot)

[ntprather]

I trust this means more to you than me:

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firefox https://duckduckgo.com
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
[2022-12-04T17:02:13Z ERROR glean_core::metrics::ping] Invalid reason code startup for ping background-update
[2022-12-04T17:02:26Z ERROR viaduct::backend::ffi] Missing HTTP status
[2022-12-04T17:02:26Z ERROR viaduct::backend::ffi] Missing HTTP status
[2022-12-04T17:02:26Z ERROR viaduct::backend::ffi] Missing HTTP status
[2022-12-04T17:02:26Z ERROR viaduct::backend::ffi] Missing HTTP status
[2022-12-04T17:02:26Z ERROR viaduct::backend::ffi] Missing HTTP status
Sandbox: Unexpected EOF, op 0 flags 00 path /proc/cpuinfo

[ntprather]

This was Google Chrome, opening in existing window;

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$ MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

[sleeper12]

This was Google Chrome, opening in existing window;

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$ MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

You can try:

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sudo sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

If it works, it might only be temporary though.

[ntprather]

I'll try again, of course, but this is my first result: sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/dev/i915perf_stream_paranoid: No such file or directory

Second attempt ran but did not work.

[ntprather]

Ran background manager again now getting:
Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/vanessa/InRelease Could not resolve 'packages.linuxmint.com'Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... /InRelease Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... /InRelease Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... /InRelease Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Second attempt did NOT show this error.