Everyone:
This morning I updated to the latest kernel. And promptly shut down
and rebooted the immediate previous kernel, which is the Last Known
Good.
Here's why:
1. The kernel, once again, is prone to an annoying flaw: it produces
a Plague of Fives. Any time a text box opens up, a string of
repeated digits 5 appears. The only way to shut it off is to type
"5" again.
2. The computer became almost inaccessible to other computers on the
network. File sharing slowed to a totally unacceptable crawl.
This last was a critical error. And of course it never occurred to
me to suspect the kernel. That is, until I saw the Plague of Fives
return.
No, kernel group! Do not tell me I have a problem
with a sticking 5 key. If that were the problem, then pressing Shift
would change "55555555555..." to 5555555555%%%%%%..." It doesn't.
More to the point, the Plague of Fives tended to go away with the
next iteration of the kernel.
Well, I'm not going to wait that long. I'm not going to use this
version of the kernel. I will wait for someone to push another one.
Because when I reverted to the Last Known Good, the Plague of Fives
disappeared, and the network file-share problem resolved.
Temlakos