Bug#583363: linux-image-2.6.32-3-686: Network hangs with network activity and date freezes

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Jose Luis Salas wrote:

> The problem reappears with bittorrent downloading and laptop is frozen and
> the clock drifts.

I assume this still happens with a current kernel.

[...]
> I'm searching for the nfsd issue, maybe is libata related ( my laptop has a
> buggy BIOS and therefore HPA is detected ).

Hm, I'm at a loss now, so I'll probably be asking some stupid questions.

 - could you attach full "dmesg" output from right after booting?

 - is it possible to say more about the BIOS's quirks?  What is the BIOS
   version number and is it known to have problems?  Are there BIOS updates
   available from the manufacturer?

 - do you know why the problem didn't happen with a lenny kernel?  Can you
   get "dmesg" output from booting with such a working kernel, for example
   from booting a livecd or installer cd?  Does the lenny kernel use
   clocksource=acpi_pm by default, too?

 - does everything else work nicely with clocksource=jiffies, or do you run
   into other symptoms or weird behaviors?

 - please attach "acpidump" output

Puzzled,
Jonathan