At 01:29 PM 5/2/2002 +0100, you wrote:
Well if it really is a virgin install, why not do the reinstall he suggests. You've already lost 2 hours on the phone, why not risk 20 minutes and see if it works better this time with the card out. Unless the install was particularly hard first time round, I don't think his idea is all that mad.
Actually I agree, but since I'm trying to learn about Linux this seems a very Windoweez way of going about it. Something don't work? Reinstall the entire operating system! But I take your point. Of more concern was my distinct impression that the suse tech, while a VERY nice guy, seemed a bit lost. For example, not once did he ask me for the output of ifconfig. For example. It is: LInk encap:Local Loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1 mask: 255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 metric:1 RX packets: 54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX Packets: 54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX Bytes: 3784 TX Bytes: 3784
The other respondents could help you more than I can with the rest, I think. Hope the problem is solving itself by now,
Not at all. Thanks in advance, everyone.