Thanks oldcpu for documenting the the "toshiba" value for alc268 sound in your configuration guide. I hope it brings fast relief to those with Toshiba machines.

As to xgm, there is little difference in a KDE desktop on either xgm or kdm. However, the fonts are different in applications such as OpenOffice, which is a nuisance. The key issue I find with xgm is that usb flash drives do not automount. If I try to mount the usb as a user, I receive the error message: hal-storage-mount-removable no <-- (action, result) Although its not much use, I can mount the usb as root with mount /dev/sdb /proc/bus/usb

As I mentioned, I am using xgm because of freezes while on kdm. Strangely, this only seems to occur when on wired network, not on wifi! I have had a freeze with xgm but it is very rare occurrence.

From my research, it seems that the reason the capslock blinks is that both of the processors in the dual cpu have panicked and are in maximum processing. The command to blink LEDs is the last gasp of the kernel. When this occurrs the problem is thought to be a low level issue in the kernel. The fact that the cpus are running in some endless loop s is confirmed by the huge amount of heat being pumped out of the machine by the fan (for example, if I am away from the machine when the freeze occurs while no applications are running, when I return the heat is being pumped out).

So the freezing/crash capslock blinking is vectored by the kernel, kdm & wired network factors. Do you have any thoughts what this might mean?