On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:14:52 -0700, martin.hofherr wrote:

> 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?
64 bit. but am trying 'Ubuntu' with xfce at the moment and it doesn't
look as though I will keep it very long. Not a patch on Debian. I find
that I am not keeping the computer running as long as I used to so maybe
that is why it didn't happen to the last time I ran Debian (last week).
--
Neil
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