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Bug#626427: linux-image-2.6.38-2-686: Horrible Time Skew, Eventual Near-zero Responsiveness



On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 22:55 +0100, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.38-5
> Severity: important
> 
> (reportbug script died, hope you've got everything.)
> 
> The machine runs with *HORRIBLE* clock drift (see text).  Eventually, the 
> system will slow right down, so that new processes or threads will not 
> start.  It *seems* to be related to the use of BRLTTY.  See this thread: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/brltty@mielke.cc/msg05352.html
> 
> And, yes, it's annoying having to hard-reboot the box every so often.  It 
> would seem that after some period of time, touching my display or the 
> physical console triggers the lockup.  I don't think this is a coincidence, 
> even though on the surface there are two different problems.  The kernel 
> upgrade was sufficient to begin these issues.
[...]

Please test whether any of these kernel parameters help (one at a time):

    clocksource=jiffies
    clocksource=pit
    idle=halt

Could you also send a log from an earlier kernel version where this
problem does not occur?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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