> 1. Install 2.6.32-27 from http://snapshot.debian.org/, keeping all > other packages the same, and check if it still reproduces the > problem. (It might not, if X was involved.) I ran 2.6.32-27 for a few days and couldn't reproduce the problem any more. FWIW the environment has changed since the time of the issue: I have rebuild the box to run amd64. Up to you on how to go on from here... Thanks, George