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Strange 'buntu crash



On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 03:45:53PM -0400, edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 10.04 LTS - 32-bit system just crashed, displaying the Xubuntu splash 
> screen, frozen mouse pointer and both the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock 
> lights on the keyboard flashed on and off.

...

> Any thoughts as to what might have happened?

Alpha particles flipped some DRAM bits and caused a kernel panic.

(It's as good a guess as any given the information you've provided.)

-b

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