On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:15:52PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.06.2346 +0100]: > > I think that it is related to Intel SpeedStep. If it's turned off, > > random characters are lost. If it's turned on, it works all fine. > > Prove that SpeedStep is, in fact, just a hack. > > Bollocks. The problems are still there. Fuck Dell! > > The problem had disappeared for two months or so, then suddenly it > came back. No kernel upgrade, no BIOS upgrade, not even apt-get. Just > a reboot.
Perhaps you had changed a BIOS option, where the change only takes effect upon reboot? IIRC last time it was apm-stuff... Another possibility could be a failed hotswap; where the kernel attempts to talk to e.g. a cd-rom drive that is no longer there. > HELP! You gotta love [dh]ell by now... :-) -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://karl.jorgensen.com JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm currently out trying to find myself. If I should get back before I return, please keep me here.
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