Restore latest kernel

[Mark Haney]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
> 
>> Re-installing the kernel is the lazy way of fixing this problem, to
>> understand what you are trying to do, maybe you should dig into it a
>> little more.  Especially kernel modules.
> 
> Well, I think it was actually pretty necessary, since Mike seems to have
> blown away the modules that are _supposed_ to support that device.

See, I'm still not convinced of that.  I do agree, that had I been given 
the chance to help him diagnose the problem in detail, a re-install 
might have been necessary.  But we don't KNOW that based on the 
information we had.  Which is why I asked for the information I did.  I 
didn't see the kernel being completely FUBAR at that time.  It might 
have needed just a couple of commented out module lines to at least be 
bootable and then we could determine the problem from there.


I say the re-install is the lazy way because no chance was given to 
really find the answer.  Re-installing the kernel at this stage is like 
telling a user to reboot Windows to fix it.  It might fix the problem, 
but that doesn't mean you've FIXED the problem, you know?

I thought I'd offer my help with at least finding out if the modules 
were buggy before going that route, since it looks as if he'll need to 
build his own and maybe he might learn how to properly manage the 
modules by digging into it deeper.

Instead, Karl and the like want to nuke the kernel without understanding 
the underlying problem.

Really, having 'pros' like that around rather makes my experience kinda 
useless.  I mean, if the standard Ubuntu answer to a problem is 
'reinstall!', then I can leave that to them and find a forum where 
that's a last resort option.


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Mark Haney
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