[G4] Strange G4 issue solved

[John]

As a side note, after reading the original mail here, I decided I 
NEEDED to update my Radeon in my G4 1.25 system.
So, off I went, downloaded and installed it.
All of a sudden, my system is DOG slow! My G3 Beige is running circles 
around this system. I am not sure now what to do about this.
I did look in Console, but as you point out here, I have no idea what I 
am looking for!
Any ideas?
Thanks,
John

On Dec 15, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Al Poulin wrote:

> It seems it would be a good service if you posted the problem and the 
> fix to the Apple forum if you have not already done it.
>
> Apple posted the 10.3.6 update on 11/5/04.  You say Raedon's patch for 
> ATI software was in early November.  Perhaps that was in direct 
> response to 10.3.6.  There could have been problems on your G4 after 
> 10.3.6 which you did not notice until Apple's security update made 
> things apparent.
>
> Apple sets standards for coding software which Raedon may not have 
> followed until after the 10.3.6 updater.  Apple does not test its 
> software against the thousands of possible third party modifications 
> to its computers.  That is left up to us in realtime.  A lot of 
> speculation here.
>
> But the hard question you raise is what about the people who would not 
> know how to troubleshoot such a problem.  I have no clue what to look 
> for in Console mode, which I understand is also called Single User 
> mode in Terminal.  For folks like me, I guess the lesson is to check 
> the web sites of all manufacturers of third part equipment and 
> software installed on our Macs after any experience like yours.