As you have asked. Well I read this because I had a hang up, so I have also send the lines at the end of hanging point to you in the hope to know perhaps the reason why this machine hang up, if possible. Tarcisio Linux user number 370344 FSF member # 6657 Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] Brought up 2 CPUs Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] Total of 2 processors activated (12007.21 BogoMIPS). Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] net_namespace: 660 bytes Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] NET: Registered protocol family 16 Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] ACPI: bus type pci registered Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.236014] PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255 Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.255214] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.255222] Setting up standard PCI resources Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265591] ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265593] ACPI: DMI System Vendor: Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265594] ACPI: DMI Product Name: Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265595] ACPI: DMI Product Version: Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265596] ACPI: DMI Board Name: DG41RQ Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265597] ACPI: DMI BIOS Vendor: Intel Corp. Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265598] ACPI: DMI BIOS Date: 12/23/2009 Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265598] ACPI: Please send DMI info above to linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 0.265600] ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better, please notify linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxx l.org ======================== what may have happened here? desktop hanged up? Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.425794] EXT3 FS on sda11, internal journal Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.425799] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.456159] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.456566] EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.456566] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.476063] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.477426] EXT3 FS on sda8, internal journal Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.477426] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.483211] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.488063] EXT3 FS on sda7, internal journal Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 kernel: [ 9.488063] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Apr 20 18:30:08 cap01 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="3.18.6" x-pid="2230" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.c om"] restart Apr 20 18:30:09 cap01 kernel: [ 15.131754] NET: Registered protocol family 10 Apr 20 18:30:09 cap01 kernel: [ 15.131754] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions Apr 20 18:30:10 cap01 kernel: [ 15.995677] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Apr 20 18:30:10 cap01 kernel: [ 16.027676] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver ---------------------------------- ??????? ----------------------------- Apr 20 18:43:25 cap01 kernel: imklog 3.18.6, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Apr 20 18:43:25 cap01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Apr 20 18:43:25 cap01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Apr 20 18:43:25 cap01 kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-26lenny2) (dannf@xxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 27 00:28:05 UTC 2011 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html