On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 06:47, Michael Lake wrote: > > Basically I had two choices: 1. reinstall OSX from original CD and see > if that changed back whatever was causing the problem.
It wouldn't have, assuming the PMU firmware upgrade was the cause. > 2. reinstall Linux as a stock kernel 2.4.18 prior to the benh kernel > 2.4.20 did work. I choose the later as I really needed ny system up. You could have kept your existing system with a different kernel... as a rule of thumb, the only reason for reinstalling a Debian system is unrecoverable filesystem damage. > PS. On last Saturday there was an article on Slashdot about the problems > that users were having with the patch that got pulled ny Apple after > only being realeased for a few hours "MacFixIt Details Mac OS X 10.2.8 > Bugs". Unsurprisingly, I only see problems specific to Mac OS though; no mention of the PMU firmware upgrade. Apple couldn't care less about problems with Linux. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
