I have a PC on a network where the IP addresses are assigned using a
DHCP server. I tried installing Debian 2.1 and I have the following
problem. If I say I am connected to a network it requires me to type
in the IP address (which I don't have). If I don't configure the
network, when I try to
Thanks for all of you who have helped me. I solved the hostname problem
by using the "-c commandfile" option in the "dhcpc" init script in
/etc/init.d. Now if I can make the rest of the init scripts (particularly
xdm) wait for the hostname to be set (it takes the DHCP server about 15
seconds to c
If you want to set them up a X-terms you can look at:
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal/index.htm
Venkat
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I
> was wondering if someone could point me to a good
Getting a static IP address is not feasible. Also to get the DHCP server
to return the right hostname might not be feasible.
Will it be feasible to get the hostname from the DNS once the IP address
has been assigned (either when I boot the machine up or when the lease for
the address is renewed)
My linux machine is in a network where the IP addresses are assigned
using DHCP. I use "dhcpcd" to get the IP address but it also mangles
my machine's hostname (probably because the DHCP server is not properly
configured). Is there a way to query the DNS server for the correct
hostname from the
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