On 24 Apr., 09:11, Neil Ellwood <cral.elllwo...@bt.openworld.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:59:46 +0200, MartinH wrote:
> > 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
>
> Yes it can help - helped me. Trust Dell to do things in its own wat like
> ms. As you might guess mine is a Dimension 521 as well.
> --
> Neil
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I reinstalled Debian now with the parameters
noapic nolapic acpi=off

And again... after two hours the mouse suddenly froze. Only this time
I was still
able to use the keyboard.

Have you installed 64 bit or 32 bit version?