bummer for me.
edited so file had one line, nameserver 9.9.9.9
saved and exited then
pihole -up
then got:
[i] Checking for updates...
fatal: unable to access 'GitHub - pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements': Could not resolve host: github.com
[i] Pi-hole Core: up to date
fatal: unable to access 'GitHub - pi-hole/web: Pi-hole Dashboard for stats and more': Could not resolve host: github.com
[i] Web Interface: up to date
[i] FTL: update available
[i] FTL out of date, it will be updated by the installer.
[✓] Root user check
[i] Installing configs from /etc/.pihole...
[i] Existing dnsmasq.conf found... it is not a Pi-hole file, leaving alone!
[✓] Copying 01-pihole.conf to /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf
[i] Installing blocking page...
[✓] Creating directory for blocking page, and copying files
[✗] Backing up index.lighttpd.html
No default index.lighttpd.html file found... not backing up
[✓] Installing sudoer file
[✓] Installing latest Cron script
[✓] Installing latest logrotate script
[i] FTL Checks...
[✓] Detected ARM-hf architecture (armv7+)
[i] Checking for existing FTL binary...
[✗] Downloading and Installing FTL
Error: Unable to get latest release location from GitHub
[✗] FTL Engine not installed
[✓] man pages installed and database updated
[i] Systemd-resolved is not enabled
[✓] Starting lighttpd service
[✓] Enabling lighttpd service to start on reboot
[i] Restarting services...
[✓] Starting pihole-FTL service
[✓] Enabling pihole-FTL service to start on reboot
[✓] Deleting existing list cache
[i] Neutrino emissions detected...
[✓] Pulling blocklist source list into range
[i] Target: raw.githubusercontent.com (hosts)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: mirror1.malwaredomains.com (justdomains)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: sysctl.org (hosts)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: zeustracker.abuse.ch (blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: s3.amazonaws.com (simple_tracking.txt)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: s3.amazonaws.com (simple_ad.txt)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: hosts-file.net (ad_servers.txt)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[i] Target: github.com (SmartTV.txt)
[✗] Status: Connection Refused
[✗] List download failed: no cached list available
[✓] Consolidating blocklists
[✓] Extracting domains from blocklists
[i] Number of domains being pulled in by gravity: 0
[✓] Removing duplicate domains
[i] Number of unique domains trapped in the Event Horizon: 0
[i] Number of whitelisted domains: 12
[i] Number of blacklisted domains: 2
[i] Number of regex filters: 0
[✓] Parsing domains into hosts format
[✓] Cleaning up stray matter
[✓] Force-reloading DNS service
[✓] DNS service is running
[✓] Pi-hole blocking is Enabled
[i] The install log is located at: /etc/pihole/install.log
Update Complete!
Current Pi-hole version is v4.0
Current AdminLTE version is v4.0
Current FTL version is v4.0
went back and re-edited so file had one line again, nameserver 9.9.9.9
saved and exited then
dig github.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Raspbian <<>> github.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
that dont sound too good...?