Pi-hole killed my internet. What to do?

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Expected Behaviour:

I installed pihole in my laptop(linux mint). I connect to different wifis at different places, so pihole seemed like lot of work to use. So I uninstalled pi-hole with pihole uninstall command. I thought internet would go back to normal working again.

Actual Behaviour:

[after uninstalling pihole my internet is not working.I cant even ping 8.8.8.8 in laptop ]

Debug Token:

[I cant run that script now as I cant access internet. Im posting this message from mobile.]

My resolv.conf now has nameserver 127.0.0.53.
I tried changing that to 192.168.1.1 and restarting networkmanager by
systemctl restart network-manager
But it is of no use. What should i do now. Please help. This is my first time posting in a forum( sorry for mistakes). Please help me

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What does the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf have for your network interface information?

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Pi-hole comes with its own "network manager" called dhcpcd5:

pi@noads:~ $ apt policy dhcpcd5
dhcpcd5:
  Installed: 1:6.11.5-1+rpt7
[..]

pi@noads:~ $ apt show dhcpcd5
[..]
Description: DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
 dhcpcd is a one stop network management daemon which includes
  * RFC compliant DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 clients
  * DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation support
  * IPv4LL (aka ZeroConf) support
  * ARP address conflict resolution
  * Link carrier detection
  * Wireless SSID profiles
  * ARP ping profiles
[..]

If use network-manager to configure your network, make sure its "active":

sudo service network-manager status

Check if dhcpcd is also active which means both network managers are fighting over control:

sudo service dhcpcd status

Disable dhcpcd if active:

sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd

Reboot and check connectivity:

sudo reboot

journalctl -u networking

journalctl -u network-manager

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ip r

You could remove/uninstall dhcpcd5 if have no use for it:

sudo apt-get remove dhcpcd5

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I typed up above already and you replied bout same time :wink:

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