look like an not-recognized-by-X keyboard. i've get some weird problem like that when I've install X. But maybe your cursor have already work. In this case, sorry for the useless post. 2009/3/30, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > RedShift schrieb: >> Is it possible a computer gets stuck (not responding to keyboard, the >> only way to bring it back alive is a hard reset) because of a >> incompatibility between the kernel and userspace? The cursor is still >> flickering though, that is what leads me to believe it's software crash, >> not a hardware crash. >> >> This is the software in question: >> >> glibc 2.9-4 >> kernel-headers 2.6.27.6-2 >> kernel26 2.6.25.10-1 > > If there was a problem, you should get "kernel too old" as soon as init > is started. Our userspace should work with 2.6.16 and newer (some > kernel-related things like udev might fail, but the binaries themselves > should be able to execute). > > However, you can never rule out a bug that causes this, I am only > stating what it _should_ support. > >