Ok, after playing around for a while, I have found that if I remove the module acx from the kernel, then I can run kile.
If I type: $ sudo modprobe -a acx $ kile then kile runs (Yay!) This probably means that: This bug could be moved elsewhere (but I'm not sure where. acx? or is it still a kile bug?) The severity might need to be changed Now I just need to work out how to stop acx from starting in the first place. (I'd already commented out acx in /etc/modules but it still seemed to be starting up somewhere else. I don't know enough to find out where). If I end /etc/modules with the lines: ndiswrapper -r acx -r ndiswrapper -a Then the system is usable and I can use kile. Thanks to Lisandro for suggestions and for everyone else who has taken time over this, Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org