http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5991
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-07-10 01:28 ------- But, the question here is what the desired behaviour is. -Does the user want the hostname provided by the DHCP server? If so, then tmdns can solve this problem (well, I am not convinced tmdns is the right solution for anything, but it seems to be preferred by drakconnect), as long as the hostname the user entered for zeroconf name is *not* set manually in tmdns.conf -Does the user want the hostname they set when running drakconnect? If so, then tmdns can solve this (to a certain extent, it's still not the snappiest way of discovering your own IP address ...), as long as the name tmdns claims is the same as the hostname. So, in both cases, tmdns.conf should *not* have the hostname hardcoded, since in the first case it is harmful, and in the second case it is redundant (since if it is not set, tmdns will use `hostname`). The major problem here though IMHO is setting the hostname in tmdns.conf, since in this scenario tmdns *could* have helped if it's config file modified by drakconnect. Anyway, I think we need documentation on how drakconnect should work, otherwise it's almost impossible to tell bugs from features ... -- 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: UNCONFIRMED 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!
