"Verifying DNS setting" message during startup of Xfce

[Brian J. Tarricone]

jan wrote:

>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.
>  
>
not that i know of, but there's really no reason to, IMHO.

if you really wanted to, i'm sure you could hack your init scripts to 
check the IP address after running dhcpcd, and modify /etc/hosts 
accordingly, but it sounds like it's a lot of work for basically no gain.

    -brian