I have a NetVista M42 and saw the same problem under Dapper server. I don't have a fix, but I do have a workaround: Boot with the noapic kernel option (no other options necessary).
I did this months ago, and the problem was "resolved" - well, it disappeared; my research into the why of it was completely unsatisfactory, it just works. The following bugs appear to be related: #35274, NetVista 6824 becomes unresponsive after some time, OK after reboot: Exactly the same symptons I had, also same as #71023. #35993, hang on an IBM NetVista PC: Similar symptons. Some have resolved with BIOS update; no such luck for me, I have latest BIOS. Others have use noapic nolapic, but nolapic unnecessary for me. #69526, intel 845G using i810 driver freezes xorg: Similar behavior, esp. comparable to #35993, may be timer/interrupt issue and not related to the 845G at all. #71023, Sparodically slow system clock: I am tempted to mark this one a duplicate of 35274. FWIW, YMMV. -- NetVista 6824 becomes unresponsive after some time, OK after reboot https://launchpad.net/bugs/35274 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
