http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5991
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-06-10 18:10 ------- Thierry, I am not convinced this is an invalid bug. The description looks a little bit like http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4227 In bug 4227, I show that despite what Damien claims, it's not sufficient to have NEEDHOSTNAME=yes to get a hostname through reverse IP lookup. The option assign/do not assign host name should be split into 3 options: 1) Assign host name from a lookup of the assigned DHCP address. 2) Assign host name to be the host name provided in the DHCP lease 2.1) use 1) if the DHCP lease does not provide a host name. 2.2) Do not set host name if the DHCP lease does not provide a host name. 3) Do not modify host name. To the original bug submitter: Can you please provide output of the following 3 commands: ls -l /var/lib/dhcp/dhc*leases cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhc*leases hostname This would suffice for me to see whether this is indeed a duplicate of bug 4227 or not. -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hello. I have a router and I use drakconnect to set up my adsl connection with dhcp. THE PROBLEM: Drakconnect apparently sets up something wrong, since kde windows take about 5 seconds to open, and gnome complains that /etc/hosts is wrong. On the other hand, if I choose a static ip assignment and manual DNS assignment (as opposed to dhcp), windows open instantly. The difference is huge. POSSIBLE REASONS: I'm no expert, but I am going to report what others told me. :-) 1) Some kde developer told me it must be a problem not in dhcp, but in dns. unfortunately, drakconnect doesn't allow me to specify dns if I choose dhcp. 2) Someone else told me that the hostname does not resolve because the /etc/hosts file produced by drakconnect is broken, and I should manually specify a fully qualified hostname in /etc/hosts, together with dhcp. He told me that dhcp allows the hostname to be specified OR assigned automatically. But it seems to me that drakconnect does not allow a hostname to be specified with dhcp. Maybe this is the problem. I hope I' ve been of help. cheers!
