Bug#564833: general: ipolldevd takes 30% CPU

[Иванов Михаил <ivans@isle.spb.ru>]

Steve Langasek wrote:
> reopen 564833
> reassign 564833 linux-2.6
> thanks
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:05:45AM +0300, Иванов Михаил wrote:
> > Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 09:52:06AM +0300, Иванов Михаил wrote:
> > > > Package: general
> > > > Severity: important
>
> > > > ipolldevd uses about 30% CPU when X session is started.
>
> > > There does not appear to be any program named 'ipolldevd' in Debian (stable,
> > > testing, or unstable).  Closing as invalid; I suggest you report this issue
> > > to whomever provided this program to you.
> > Sir!!!
> > ipolldevd is component of linux kernel (kind of internal process).
> > See drivers/input/input-polldev.c in linux source tree.
>
> Sorry, this wasn't obvious to me at all; I've never seen such a thread on my
> systems.
>
> What is this driver polling on your system?
Sorry I have no idea. I can only guess that it is related to some mouse
or keyboard input in X windows, since the CPU starts to be consumed
when I start up the X session.

I have googled for this error, ubuntu and fedora lists mention
similar problems, but no solution is provided.

Best regards,
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