GXine crashes in fullscreen mode

Hello I am using Gxine version 0.5.4 It crashes when I try to view in fullscreen mode. This is the message I get as soon as I open gxine: lirc: lirc_init failed. Make sure that you have lircd running lirc: and that you have the permissions to connect to the socket And this is what I get

DHCP client takes too long

Hello I am using Debian Sarge. Whenever I boot the machine, the DHCP client assigns an IP address, and just waits. Booting continues only when I press Ctrl + C . Howver, the network works fine. Could you suggest some remedy. I'm not on the list. PLz CC replies. Thanks & Regards -- Aravind --