Tim Blechmann wrote: >>You won't get a lot of help from the open source community if you >>insist on loading proprietary kernel modules. The FIRST thing you >>should do if you're trying to optimize your system is don't load any >>binary only kernel modules!!! >> >> > >well, better a working closed-source driver, than no driver at all.. > >t > > > I use the nvidia driver too. Please try to disable your NIC, as someone else also suggested. And yes I forgot to say I had to disable ACPI, as carmen said. c.