Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4498 mails)

[J Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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