"Verifying DNS setting" message during startup of Xfce

[Benedikt Meurer]

jan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I upgraded my Xfce to v4.2 and during the startup sequence:
> 
> Verifying DNS setting ..
> 
> I get message:
> 
> "Cold not get internet address for laura.
> ...
> ..."
> 
> Where "laura" is my computer name (in /etc/hostname). I thought the
> solution migh be to add pair "laura ip_address" in /etc/hosts however I
> connect to network via DNS and usually I get new IP address every time I
> connect.
> 
> Any ideas on this ?

Add "laura 127.0.0.1" to /etc/hosts, that should fix the problem.

> Thanks
> Jan

HTH,
Benedikt