I need to type in the 33 character FQDN, and the text box won't allow an
entry that long. So I can't get a valid hostname in. Someone has made the
max length of the text box shorter than before. Both places you can enter a
hostname in DrakConf, same thing happens.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Fatal problem in Setting up network - no room to enter
FQDN !
> "Don Awalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I just installed Beta 2, and I noticed that when I am configuring my
host +
> > domain name, it no longer fits!
> >
> > host is 6 characters
> > then a dot
> > FQDN is 26 characters (xxxxxxxx.yyyyy.zz.aaaa.com)
> >
> > so the total is 33 characters! Name is so longer as it is a subnet on a
> > public cable modem network.
> >
> > This is a change since Mandrake 7.1, I cannot configure any PC on the
> > network!
> >
> > Using DrakConf, network configuration...
>
> What is exactly the problem?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
> http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
>
