I would like to add before pihole -d that the dashboard not loading is very recent.
I ran pihole uninstall and then ran the install command again and it just does not seem to want to load.
I use firefox and have umatrix and noscript installed. I had no issues with either of them and pihole.
The only change network-wise was adding IPfire and I've not had any problem with it running other than turning on url filtering.
I have lede on my r8000 and had recently unchecked dns rebind.
Anyway, hope this provides you with some useful information. 6upe2mh4io
Thanks for your time.
Try pihole -f to flush the log (to make sure it isn't because it's too big of a log). Wait a min to let it start to fill up again, then run that curl command again.
I have your problem, too. Did a fresh install fix it?
In my circumstance, I installed Pihole through a wifi connection and then decided to migrate it to a wired connection, for performance. Worked fine and I did not experience any degradation in wifi mode, but I had wired availability, so I put it to wired. Assigned the new wired Pihole IP address to lock it down, changed the DNS reference in the router and restarted everything.
I got some small number of reported queries, but it never changed. I reset the logs with no change. I tried the Pihole -r and did the less intrusive repair option. At that point, I got the "--" queries reported and the spinning wheel (as the OP did).
Perhaps I should have done something differently when I swapped my Pi to wired? Otherwise, I had normal Pi operation. I run it headless; VNC and updates occurred flawlessly.
So, I am in the middle of an uninstall/reinstall attempt to fix it. I want Pihole to work, I want the blocking it affords.