Completely disable ACPI Power Management in the ASUS BIOS and within Debian and see if this makes a difference. From the behavior you mention this really sounds like an ACPI problem.
-- Stan Merciadri Luca put forth on 1/1/2010 6:04 AM: > Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> writes: > >> What keyboard layout and system language are you using? > I am using a belgian keyboard (azerty) with be-fr layout. >> Does the KB only lock >> up after a power management (i.e. sleep) event or screen saver engaging, or >> does >> it lock up while you are typing? > It always locks once the screen saver has been engaged. > > > Sorry to mention this so late, but, once the keyboard is blocked this > way, there is no interface (except the mouse) which would allow me to > communicate with the PC. For example, once the KB has blocked, moving > the mouse is OK, but even pushing the ON/OFF's chassis' button gives > nothing, when it turns the PC off if the KB is not blocked (I > configured it like this). > > Furthermore, I tried various network things with my laptop. I have UPS > stuff, and the UPS network exchanges are still OK (i.e. the desktop PC > reads on USBs for the UPS, and share the info with my network, even > when the keyboard is blocked). Nevertheless, SSH services are, once > the keyboard is blocked, completely frozen, i.e. > > $ ssh merciadril...@merciadriluca-desktop > > gives me nothing, when it directly works if the KB is not blocked. > Evidently, the PC still answers to pings, and that is quite normal, as > it still communicates with the network (except for pings). > > Really strange, isn't it? > > HTH. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
