Kernel Update Woes
Last night I installed a kernel update and, well, performance has not been optimal, let’s just put it like that. I have had quite a few program crashes, and the computer seems to be using a bit more RAM. Also, the upgrade broke my installation of the opensource ATI driver - I have had to switch back to vesa which is, obviously, not as good.
One thing that scared me the most was that the upgraded kernel refused to recognise my portable harddrive, the one I store all of my stuff on. It recognised my second portable harddrive, which only has a few files on, but not the one I use for everything. I had to leave it plugged in for half an hour before an entry in /dev/ was created for it, though now it seems to be working perfectly.
All in all, not a very smooth upgrade, though I hope modified packages for the new kernel (such as radeon drivers) wil be issued soon-ish, so I can get my system to where it was before.
