Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot SOLVED

2012-01-16 Thread goossens
In case someone finds it useful, the problem was that the intel drivers with debian stable are not new enough to cope with Second Gen Sandybridge integrated graphics. Solution to this thread was therefore to add backports to sources.list, upgrade the kernel, upgrade any firmware that the newer ker

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2012-01-02 Thread goossens
Hi Again Following instructions from From: Scott Ferguson (Thanks!) >edit the default entry (so the change is temporary) and append >"acpi=force"[*1] >*If* it manages to boot after that - open a shell and run:- >$ dmesg | grep -i 'fail\|error\|warn\|not\|acpi\|conflict' PS -- No custom Kern

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2012-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/12/11 11:01, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > I hope I am sending to the right place. I really have no idea how to deal > with this. I'll have to describe the problem in detail, since I cannot > assign it to a package or anything. I have tried searching for a similar > problem but can't fi

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-31 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:42:59 +1100, goossens wrote: > I have tried a differnt keyboard (an USB and a different ps2) and makes > no difference to the problem, so I guess it is a graphics driver issue. > > I have followed advice from all the very helpful people who have > responded. I tried > > a

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-30 Thread goossens
Hi All I have tried a differnt keyboard (an USB and a different ps2) and makes no difference to the problem, so I guess it is a graphics driver issue. I have followed advice from all the very helpful people who have responded. I tried apci=off and reboot=bios and they make no difference. If

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-21 Thread goossens
>s I said, the first step is to simply buy a cheapo modern PS/2 or USB >keyboard and see if the problem goes away. If it does, try a USB >adapter on the Model M. If that works, great. If not, more >troubleshooting awaits you. :( OK. btw I have usb mouse. Machine only has a single ps2 port, c

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-21 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:01:45 +1100, goossens wrote: > I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default > Gnome installation. > > 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel, 8 GB ram. > > When I try to shutdown, reboot, logout, switch user or Ctrl-Alt-Fn to > switch tty the machine does a hard

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:37:43 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Yet none of this will fix his reboot issue, if indeed it's caused by the > onboard 8042, which I suspect. I think the kernel parm mentioned by > Paul is Darren's best bet at this point at getting the Model M working > properly. >

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/20/2011 6:25 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:01:45 -0500 (EST), Darren wrote: >> >> The tty switcher could be a keyboard issue, I >> support, with the wrong codes being sent, but I have no idea how to fix >> that, and I've treid reading around the web but I can't find anyth

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:01:45 -0500 (EST), Darren wrote: > > The tty switcher could be a keyboard issue, I > support, with the wrong codes being sent, but I have no idea how to fix > that, and I've treid reading around the web but I can't find anything I > can use. I have an IBM Model M 101 keyboa

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default Gnome installation. ... I have an IBM Model M 101 keyboard. The quick fix is to simply swap your high quality clack-itty dinosaur KB wi

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Paul Saunders
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:59:46 -0600 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 12/20/2011 4:22 AM, Paul Saunders wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:55:50 +1100 > > gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > > > >> On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > >>> > I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running curren

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/20/2011 4:22 AM, Paul Saunders wrote: > On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:55:50 +1100 > gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > >> On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: >>> I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default Gnome installation. >> ... I have

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/20/2011 2:55 AM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: >> >>> I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default >>> Gnome installation. > ... >>> I have an IBM Model M 101 keyboard. >> >> The quick fix is to simply swap y

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Paul Saunders
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:55:50 +1100 gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > > > >> I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with > >> default Gnome installation. > ... > >> I have an IBM Model M 101 keyboard. > > > > The quick fix

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread goossens
On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > >> I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default >> Gnome installation. ... >> I have an IBM Model M 101 keyboard. > > The quick fix is to simply swap your high quality clack-itty dinosaur KB > with its inbuilt 8042

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-20 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au, 20.12.2011: > I hope I am sending to the right place. I really have no idea how to deal > with this. I'll have to describe the problem in detail, since I cannot > assign it to a package or anything. I have tried searching for a similar > problem but can't find one. I am

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-19 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/19/2011 10:06 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > >> I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default >> Gnome installation. >> >> 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel, 8 GB ram. >> >> When I try to shutdown, reboot, logout, switch user

Re: Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-19 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/19/2011 6:01 PM, gooss...@rsc.anu.edu.au wrote: > I have a i7 quad core 2600K, running current squeeze 6.0.3 with default > Gnome installation. > > 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel, 8 GB ram. > > When I try to shutdown, reboot, logout, switch user or Ctrl-Alt-Fn to > switch tty the machine does a har

Everything seems to cause a reboot

2011-12-19 Thread goossens
I hope I am sending to the right place. I really have no idea how to deal with this. I'll have to describe the problem in detail, since I cannot assign it to a package or anything. I have tried searching for a similar problem but can't find one. I am not a complete newcomer, but I am not much o