Slackware 10.1 Keyboard freeze with blinking lights

Curtux · 05-18-2005, 10:33 AM

I just did my first install of Slackware and it went good, looks great!

Everything worked fine, (after a little tinkering with the internet connection) then I installed XMMS and my keyboard started freezing. Not sure that XMMS has anything to do with it but that is all I changed.

When the freeze happens my caps lock and scroll lock lights start blinking and the only way I have been able to get out of the freeze is to restart.
(restart button not logout restart)

PS/2 Keyboard (basic/with the system Logitec)
Celeron 2.4

I did search for some answers but didn't find what I needed.

keefaz · 05-18-2005, 10:42 AM

Could you add a little more infos ?

- videos card spec
- kernel version (uname -r)
- X version (xdpyinfo | grep version)
- amount of RAM
- video driver (look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf at Device section for the video card)

Curtux · 05-18-2005, 04:58 PM

Kernel : 2.4.29

X Version :
Version Number : 11.0
X.Org Version : 6.81

Video Card : ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128MB

768 Megs of DDR RAM

DaWallace · 05-18-2005, 05:07 PM

keyboard lights blinking almost always means a kernel panic..

it's probably a hardware issue or a bug in the kernel if that's the case.. you may want to try a new kernel.

GuestFox · 05-18-2005, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Curtux
I just did my first install of Slackware and it went good, looks great!

Everything worked fine, (after a little tinkering with the internet connection) then I installed XMMS and my keyboard started freezing. Not sure that XMMS has anything to do with it but that is all I changed.

When the freeze happens my caps lock and scroll lock lights start blinking and the only way I have been able to get out of the freeze is to restart.
(restart button not logout restart)

PS/2 Keyboard (basic/with the system Logitec)
Celeron 2.4

I did search for some answers but didn't find what I needed.

You might want to test your memory, a little while back I had a bad memory module that showed up when the system was under load. You can use memtest86 to test your RAM.

http://www.memtest86.com

Cheers!

keefaz · 05-19-2005, 03:26 AM

You did not say what video driver you use, look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Curtux · 05-25-2005, 10:18 AM

I tested my RAM and got a bunch of errors so I am pretty sure that was the problem.

Somewhere around 200 000 errors, I think my ram is shot.

Dave1776 · 05-28-2005, 12:02 AM

same problem myself keyboard dies after boot.
Its frustrating.