John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:20, J Sloan wrote: >> LOL, what is going on with all the mentions of rebooting on this list >> lately? >> >> People are rebooting rather than simply reloading or restarting services. >> The only reason I can think of is that Linux is starting to pick up a lot >> of new users who come from microsoft backgrounds, where rebooting is a >> common fix. > > Normally I would agree Joe, but when it comes to tv cards, specifically > hauppage cards it is quite necessary. In fact, its often better to take them > all the way to power off, in order to get them to accept new firmware. > > Without that, you have to rmmod a large number of modules in exactly > the right order, and then load them all again, and even if you do it all > correctly, the card may refuse its firmware load. > > Its way quicker to reboot.
Interesting to know - about the hauppage cards. J --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
