wireless networking

[Jim Gettys]

On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 16:10 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 19:52 +0100, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> > Thanks, I am now seeing my wireless router on
> > the machines and can ping other machines connected
> > to it. Wired internet seems to work (as far as ifconfig
> > and ping are concerned).
> > 
> > Two questions:
> > 
> > 1. How should I set my hostname and fix it to work
> > with DHCP?
> 
> The hostname isn't changed by NM because that breaks Xauth and stops you
> from being able to launch X apps. 

I thought this got fixed in X quite a while ago (something like 18
months ago).  It certainly used to be a PITA.

                                - Jim

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Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child