"Verifying DNS setting" message during startup of Xfce

jan goplay at quick.cz
Tue Jan 18 09:21:33 CET 2005


Thanks for the quick answer!

One more question:

Is it possible to "map" my computer name to the IP address I receive via
DHCP automatically ? I'm wondering if there is a DHCP option which will
cause DHCP daemon to add a line "laura IP_from_DHCP" to my /etc/hosts.

Thanks.
Jan


On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 09:09, 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 ?
> 
> Thanks
> Jan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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