[SOLVED] Debian has become totally unusable on my amd64 system -- no stable kernel available

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:54:32 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote:
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> I may have found the problem.  This problem may be related to Debian bug
> number 736892.

As it turned out, Debian bug number 736892 was an unrelated problem.
My real problem was faulty memory (RAM).  Ben, I know that you already know
this, but I thought that this thread should have some closure.
Replacing the faulty memory DIMM solved my problems.  I highly recommend
that owners of systems with non-ECC memory test their memory with a tool
such as memtest86+, especially on new, previously untested systems.

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