.
debs,
..so, when this happens, what can be done? (i think i tried some
sort of *probe and that was last time i "saw" my printing (lpr)
and dialout (pon) capabilities.)
regretting a possible reinstall on a potato box that was
perfect,
bentley taylor.
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John Hasler wrote:
Some drivers "probe" for their hardware by attempting to access
various
ports. In a few pathological cases, the probing by one driver
will put
hardware belonging to another into a state that crashes or locks
up the
system. This is one of the major headaches of automatic hardware
detection.
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Olaf Meeuwissen writes:
> Don't know about damaging or messing anything up, but certain modules may
> have to loaded during the boot.
Some drivers "probe" for their hardware by attempting to access various
ports. In a few pathological cases, the probing by one driver will put
hardware belonging to another into a state that crashes or locks up the
system. This is one of the major headaches of automatic hardware
detection.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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