Please let us know what packages you had installed and how did you installed/configured the desktop distro (step by step) Also, some logs also can be useful to see what's happening under the hood.
# lxc-attach alpine # adduser user # groups user user # su user -c 'ping 1.1.1.1' PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes ping: can't create raw socket: Permission denied # su user -c 'dig maemo.org' net.c:141:try_proto(): socket(): Permission denied (13) net.c:141:try_proto(): socket(): Permission denied (13) dig: can't find either v4 or v6 networking # su user -c 'curl 1.1.1.1' curl: (7) Failed to connect to 1.1.1.1 port 80 after 0 ms: Couldn't connect to server # adduser user wheel # adduser user root # adduser user netdev # groups user user root wheel netdev # su user -c 'curl 1.1.1.1' curl: (7) Failed to connect to 1.1.1.1 port 80 after 0 ms: Couldn't connect to server