Hello Everybody,

I recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6.18-amd64 Kernel on my Dell
Dimension C521. Everything works fine except that from time to time
the keyboard and/or the mouse freeze. It is still possible to log in via
ssh but I can't restart kdm or X. Can this have to do with my Asus
wl-167g wireless-lan adaptor(ralink rt73 chipset)? Neither
/var/log/Xorg.0.log nor /var/log/messages report any error.

Thanks, Martin

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:19:53 +0200, Martin Hofherr wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
>
> I recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6.18-amd64 Kernel on my Dell
> Dimension C521. Everything works fine except that from time to time the
> keyboard and/or the mouse freeze. It is still possible to log in via ssh
> but I can't restart kdm or X. Can this have to do with my Asus wl-167g
> wireless-lan adaptor(ralink rt73 chipset)? Neither /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> nor /var/log/messages report any error.
>
> Thanks, Martin

This may or even may not help but is worth a try if you don't mind re-
installing.

When you put your first disc in and restart wait until the first screen
and then press F1 - try install noapic nolapic and press enter.

HTH
--
Neil
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Neil Ellwood wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:19:53 +0200, Martin Hofherr wrote:
>
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> I recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6.18-amd64 Kernel on my Dell
>> Dimension C521. Everything works fine except that from time to time the
>> keyboard and/or the mouse freeze. It is still possible to log in via ssh
>> but I can't restart kdm or X. Can this have to do with my Asus wl-167g
>> wireless-lan adaptor(ralink rt73 chipset)? Neither /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> nor /var/log/messages report any error.
>>
>> Thanks, Martin
>
> This may or even may not help but is worth a try if you don't mind re-
> installing.
>
> When you put your first disc in and restart wait until the first screen
> and then press F1 - try install noapic nolapic and press enter.
>
> HTH
Hi Neil, thanks for your reply I'm going to try that. When I
installed I used the option acpi=off. Could this also have an
effect on this problem?

Martin