From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
To: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xavier.bestel@free.fr,
venom@sns.it, louie@chikka.com
Subject: Re: Hi is this critical??
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:03:24 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200209170903.g8H93PgI001024@darkstar.example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020917104010.A6175@bitwizard.nl> from "Rogier Wolff" at Sep 17, 2002 10:40:10 AM
> MAC and Windows both try to give "simple" error messages. As a
> knowledgeable person I then am confronted with:
>
> "Something went wrong. Contact your sysadmin if you can't
> fix it yourself".
>
> Well, I -=AM=- the sysadmin, and would like to know what went wrong.
> Otherwise I can't fix it. This is NOT the way to go.
Exactly, because the sysadmin can't learn any more from that error than the user can, and instead he or she just defaults to:
"Well, I don't know, why are you asking me? Reboot it and see what happens. Good luck."
John.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-17 8:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-16 20:05 2.4.19 - not a real problem raptor
2002-09-16 13:31 ` Hi is this critical?? louie miranda
2002-09-16 13:34 ` DevilKin
2002-09-16 13:37 ` venom
2002-09-16 13:47 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-09-16 14:16 ` Mark Veltzer
2002-09-16 14:14 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-09-16 15:57 ` venom
2002-09-16 23:23 ` Nuitari
2002-09-16 18:27 ` jbradford
2002-09-16 22:46 ` venom
2002-09-17 5:18 ` Nuitari
2002-09-17 8:02 ` jbradford
2002-09-17 8:20 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-17 10:41 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-17 11:09 ` Russell King
2002-09-17 11:17 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-17 12:02 ` Russell King
2002-09-17 12:17 ` jbradford
2002-09-17 12:02 ` jbradford
2002-09-17 18:39 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-18 6:00 ` Daniel Berlin
2002-09-17 17:34 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-17 17:54 ` Russell King
2002-09-17 19:30 ` jbradford
2002-09-17 18:34 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-18 5:56 ` Daniel Berlin
2002-09-17 18:23 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-16 14:43 ` Russell King
2002-09-17 8:40 ` Rogier Wolff
2002-09-17 9:03 ` jbradford [this message]
2002-09-16 14:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-05 12:58 ` 2.4.19 - not a real problem Adrian Bunk
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