Since I resurrected this bug with my previous report, I suppose I should forward this fix (from someone else on debian-user) which means that this bug can be closed. It is (as I suspected) a kernel/driver issue solved by going to a backported kernel.
----- Forwarded message from Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> ----- To: debian-u...@lists.debian.org From: Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> Subject: [solved] Re: Kernel updating Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:06:06 +0200 Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: > When I close a PPP connection with `C-c', the keyboard gets stuck and I have > to reboot the system. The problem is reported here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589 > > In the hope of fixing it by updating the kernel, I want to install a freshly > new one from the backport repositories. Can anyone suggest the exact package > name? I have Lenny on an old Pentium III. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes: > I would suggest linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 > > That appears to be the closest to what is in Squeeze right now. The problem seems to be solved updating the kernel. It is easy to do: I added to /etc/apt/sources.list the following line: deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free , then connected to internet and did: # apt-get update # apt-get -t etch-backports install linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 Now, the command `$ls /boot' got the following output: config-2.6.26-1-686 initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686.bak vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 config-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 initrd.img-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 vmlinuz-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 grub System.map-2.6.26-1-686 initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 System.map-2.6.32-bpo.3-686 , and in /boot/grub/menu.lst the new kernel was already listed. Then I rebooted. Bye, Rodolfo ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org