[ltp] X freezing and CAPS LED blinking pattern?

[Richard Neill]

Actually, if you're getting all the Keyboard LEDs flashing, it's a 
kernel panic. Not a good sign!

If X freezes, you should normally get some response to 
Alt-Sysrq-{R,S,U,B}, whereas a kernel panic will not.

Good luck.

Richard

otisg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is anyone with T40 and Linux (RedHat 9.0, kernel 2.4.18-20, I
> believe) experiencing the freezing of X, where nothing but a
> cold reboot 'helps'?
> I experience those regularly (like a Winblows user), about 2-3
> times a day.  I have noticed an interesting thing, and that is
> that whenever X freezes like that (and I assume it is X that
> freezes, not the whole OS), the little 'CAPS' LED (the little
> 'A' green light) _always_ starts blinking.
> 
> Has anyone else observed this?
> 
> Thank you,
> Otis
> 
> 
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