[arch-general] Computer blocking due to kernel <-> userspace incompatibility?

[Thomas Bächler]

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.

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