blinking capslock and freezing

[D. Michael McIntyre]

On Tuesday 04 September 2007, Eduardo C. Lourenço de Lima wrote:

> What does it mean when Dapper completely freezes (ctrl-alt-del,
> ctrl-alt-backspace, etc don't work), and capslock keeps blinking? Thanks.

It means something is horribly, horribly wrong on a deep level.  The only 
software things that can go wrong enough to cause something like this are the 
kernel, and video drivers; especially if you're using the non-free NVIDIA or 
ATI drivers.  Or it could be hardware too, or some combination thereof.

Did this just start?  Did you change something?  If you had a stable Dapper 
that just suddenly began to exhibit this behavior, I'd suspect your 
motherboard is getting ready to tank.  If you just installed for the first 
time, you probably need to try a different kernel, or a different video 
driver, or a newer distro.
-- 
D. Michael McIntyre