Hello. Just to close this thread and thank all those who have provided advice.
And also say all the bad I think of Tyan's literally non-existing support: I sent them a mail asking for advice on the possible causes of the motherboard (K8W Tiger S2875) behaviour I was seeing. They didn't even answer (yet?), after more than 5 weeks! Finally, I had the opportunity to buy a complete low-cost "Medion" desktop. I was afraid that some components might not be supported by Linux but, so far, no problem: CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Motherboard: MSI * integrated audio (playback and recording) works * integrated wired network works * integrated firewire works * integrated memory card reader works Graphics: Nvidia 9600 GT HDD: Western Digital (1 TB) And very silent :-) [Only, I didn't find the advertised wireless network (couldn't spot anything related to it in "dmesg") but I as I didn't intend to use it anyway...] For one moment, I considered Dell. I called them because their site is very uninformative concerning the hardware. I told them I wanted to use Linux and be sure that it would work with the shipped components. The answer was that I could erase the pre-installed M$ stuff but that the warranty would not apply if some components did not work. Saying that if I could not get any compatibility info or even just a hardware list to check myself, I wouldn't be able to buy from them, the guy just said "No" and hung up. [Compare that with "Aldi" (where I bought the Medion machine): Within one month, one can return the whole thing and be reimbursed, no question asked.] Best, Gilles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org