Hi List, I'm still (or better: again) trying to install debian on my laptop. 3 weeks ago, I failed miserably to install it, according to someone in the list here, because of the SiS graphics adapter. I got as far as the graphical login manager. When I tried to log in, KDE started just until the keyboard symbol becomes embossed. Then I'm thrown back to the login manager again. I tried to apply a bios update, which failed. The only thing I saw when I tried to reboot the laptop was a black screen. In the store where I bought it a little over a year ago, they said that the SiS graphics adapter was broken. 2 weeks (!) thereafter, they had exchanged the SiS chip and I got the laptop back. The graphics adapter was fine, and I was able to start kde normally. But, for some strange reasons, the MAC address of the network card was 1:1:1:1:1:1. Linux did not give a damn, but windows xp refused to function with this mac address (don't ask me why...). So, back to the shop and they exchanged the sis chip once again. Today I got the laptop back: Now the network card functions, but in linux I can't login to kde again! WTF??? Can anyone give me a good reason for this behavior? I'm really getting angry at the people at the shop where I bought the laptop (with which I had nothing but problems, btw).
Thanks in advance for your help, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
