Hi friends,
I’m getting an error when I try to update to the latest version on the Raspberry Pi 3. I think it hast something to do with dnsmasq, because after the error pi-hole stops working and no DNS can be resolved. I have to reboot the device to fix it. Do you have any advice on how to perform the update?
Hi,
Please paste results of the following, hide any wifi keys:
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Also, please see “On your Pi-hole device, you will need to set a different DNS server.” section here to setup a static IP and change DNS server for the device: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-survey-information/32/1
Thank you Fourdee!
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
#/etc/network/interfaces
#Please use DietPi-Config to modify network settings.
# Local
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# Ethernet
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
metric 0
address 192.168.178.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.178.1
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1
# Wifi
#allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
metric 1
address 192.168.178.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.178.1
wireless-essid Not_Set
wireless-key Not_Set
wireless-mode Managed
wireless-power off
wpa-ssid Not_Set
wpa-psk Not_Set
#dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.
I’ll have a look at the tutorial. I’ve installed Pi-hole via the method provided from the developer btw.
Found the issue:
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1
You can either change that line to:
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Or use dietpi-config 8 1 as per the doc link I gave you above.
I’ve installed Pi-hole via the method provided from the developer btw
No worries.
With DietPi, you can either use dietpi-software to install a stable version, or manually install. The choice is yours 
Either way, by using the DietPi image, you’ll get the performance boost from DietPi RAMlog, and a true minimal installation when compared to Raspbian Lite.
Thank you! That did the trick. I’m using DietPi. I meant that I’ve installed pi-hole by
curl -L https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
Thanks again, problem solved.
Great to hear, thanks for letting me know 