Bug#639618: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686: events/0 using 33-66% cpu ("system"), missing keystrokes before or after gdm loads
> > The keyboard is missing keystrokes if I type
> > too many at one time and don't pause every few seconds for it to
> > catch up. This happens even before I log into gdm, if I go to a
> > console with ctl-alt-F1 and log in as root after reboot, events is
> > already eating cpu and keystrokes are lost. What's going on?
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Did you upgrade the kernel in the last day or so? If not,
> do you have any idea what might have changed?
I tried rebooting earlier and that didn't help. But I shut
down for a while and now it is fine. I did replace my CPU
fan recently, and my replacement battery melted down
(literally melted-- yikes). Maybe I damaged a sensor or
something. The other thought was, does TiMidity feed some
events? I don't know why it was running by default.
> Do these warnings mean anything to you?
>
> [ 57.141392] thinkpad_acpi: setting the hotkey mask to
> 0x00ffffff is likely not the best way to go about it [
> 57.141400] thinkpad_acpi: please consider using the driver
> defaults, and refer to up-to-date thinkpad-acpi
> documentation
That's been happening for a while. I think the thinkpad
acpi driver is out of date. I should probably recompile a
custom kernel and use the tp-smapi driver instead. It gives
the autopark shock feature with hdapsd too, which is not
in the stock kernels. I don't know if it's a license issue
or what. I don't think this is related.
We can downgrade the importance of this... maybe it was a
hardware glitch or a fluke.
Mark
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