kernel failure

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  1. shadow of the locust

    shadow of the locust

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    before i go any further, i should make it clear that i am a complete linux novice. i only know how to do things that i copy and paste from tutorials/help pages.

    now onto what i suspect may be a problem:

    today i plugged a usb gps dongle into my aspire one running fedora 10. it reported a kernel failure. i unplugged it, restarted and the kernel failure notification popped up again.

    i then plugged my bluetooth dongle into the same usb port, restarted and i got no kernel failure warning.

    was the warning something to worry about (have i caused any damage to the fedora 10 installation), or was it just a warning to say that an appropriate driver could not be found for the usb gps?

    thanks in advance for any help given!
     
    shadow of the locust, May 4, 2009
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    RockDoctor

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    Unless you were running as root, it was very likely just a warning about the lack of a driver. Cutting and pasting the message here will better enable us to assist you.
     
    RockDoctor, May 5, 2009
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