On Monday 24 December 2001 16:18, you wrote:
> On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 18:56, Peter Clark wrote:
> > 	Well, in other news, I managed to get USB working properly. How's this
> > for weirdness: USB would work fine under X, but if I were to switch to a
> > text console (say vt1) I would get timeout errors. Finally, I got a clue
> > and checked /proc/interrupts. Oddly enough, interrupt 10 was shared by
> > both USB and NVidia. "Ah!" says I, "Check BIOS!" So after a quick slap of
> > the hand to the head, I looked in BIOS, and sure enough, USB was not
> > assigned an interrupt, but AGP was. One reboot later, interrupt 10 is
> > assigned to NVidia, and 11 to USB. And there was much rejoicing.
>
> Imagine trying to diagnose THAT one under Winblows!

	Indeed. In fact, as a point of irony, I recently reinstalled Windows on my 
computer. I had let it sit idly on my 1GB partition for over three months, 
ever since it decided not to boot up. Well, I reinstalled everything, and was 
amazed at how often I had to reboot. Something like four or five times, and 
that was nothing more than a base install and installing the NVidia drivers. 
Now, the whole point of reinstalling Windows was so that I could view the 
contents of my fat-format Zip disk. I was merrily browsing the directories 
when the computer locked up, hard. It was beyond the reach of a three-finger 
salute, so I hit the reboot button. Scandisk comes up, then the Win98 splash 
screen, then...lock. Nothing. I'm looking at a little flying window that 
doesn't change, no matter how long I wait. Amazing. Windows has only been 
working _ONE_BLOODY_HOUR_ and it has already crashed and died. The bootlog 
doesn't help at all, and there's no indication as to what caused the problem.
	The experience, however, was enlightening, in that I learned that whatever 
difficulties I may face in Linux, it's a whole stinkin' swamp worse in 
Windows. Like I told my wife: shifting from Linux to Windows is like 
switching from a Ferrari to a tricycle with concrete blocks tied to the rear 
wheels.
	:Peter