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  1. Bug #352373
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 352373

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [jaunty] System randomly freezes, sometimes flashing capslock light

Yes, as additional information is proven out, it is usually useful to fix both the title and description. This can help prevent other users from getting confused and think they have the same issue as you, when they do not. (Or conversely can help bug workers notice if your bug is a dupe to a known issue.)

While caps lock flashing is an almost certain indication of a kernel problem, not flashing does not mean it is not a kernel problem. Many non-X kernel crashes/lockups/etc. don't show themselves with flashing caps lock. Thus my curiosity that you moved it back to X.

For kernel bugs, usually you look in dmesg, /var/log/syslog, and other log files to locate an error message.

Fwiw, the word "randomly" in a bug report usually is a good sign that the issue has not been adequately analyzed. When filing a good bug report you should always strive to boil the problem down such that you do not need to use that word, much as you wouldn't tell your doctor, "Doctor, I feel pains randomly through my body..." ;-)