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List:       linux-xfs
Subject:    Re: Not strictly an XFS question
From:       Keith Owens <kaos () sgi ! com>
Date:       2003-06-17 2:09:45
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On 17 Jun 2003 10:32:53 +1000, 
Matthew Geier <matthew@arts.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Using XFS 2.4.21 cvs on a Athlon/Nforce2 PC, on an otherwise standard
>RedHat 9 install. When I burn a CD, the system locks hard. Only signs of
>life are blinking keyboard lights. Have to press reset. I can't seem to
>find exactly what the blinking lights mean. I assume something really
>BAD has happened to the kernel...

Either a panic or an oops that has dropped into kdb.  Both panic and
kdb flash the keyboard lights to tell you that something is wrong.  If
you reproduce the problem on a text console (not under X) then you will
see the error messages.  See also Documentation/oops-tracing.txt.


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