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On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 18:50, Alexandre Passito wrote: > Kernel Panic > Attempted to kill the idle tesk > In interrupt handler-not syncing Maybe this post to the portuguese debian users lists help http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-portuguese/2002/debian-user-portuguese-200203/msg00199.html In general: it seems like a hard to debug problem. Probably either faulty hardware or some combination of faulty driver and specific hardware. If you search for "Attempted to kill the idle task" (note: "task", not "tesk") on Google, you'll see that it comes up in a lot of different contexts: faulty RAM, development kernels, lots of different hardware. If I were you, I'd try to install a 2.4.21 kernel and see if it goes away. Maybe some driver has been fixed (and there were lots of fixes in 2.4.21, some of my own pc's problems went away). If not, see if you can find info on your specific laptop model via Google or http://www.linux-laptop.net/ . Also, try to find out which hardware /exactly/ your laptop contains (contact your vendor or something) and try to find out if there's a known problem with a component. And tell the list which hardware you use, maybe someone can help. But these solutions are all hard things to do for a newbie. So maybe your best bet at the moment is to try to find someone near you who has good linux experience (maybe there is a Linux User Group near where you live). Also, you can try to install another Distribution, as most of them have newer software than woody. Try RedHat or Mandrake, or if you want to stay on the Debian path, try Libranet (commercial Debian variant with much newer software) or Knoppix (Debian variant, also with newer software. It runs from CD, so you can try it out without having to erase your current install) Good luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]