localhost.localdomain
 

whenever i log into gnome, i get this message saying localhost.localdomain blah is not right, saying if i put in localhost.localdomain in /etc/hosts it will function but this is what my /etc/hosts says

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
localhost.localdomain

???? how do i get rid of that

also when i start up linux, i get this message

bringing up eth0, and then it tells me it failed and it cant get the ip.

ugh

any help would be great

the line should say
sounds like you're trying to use dhcpd for ethernet, see your other thread.