Bug#626427: linux-image-2.6.38-2-686: Horrible Time Skew, Eventual Near-zero Responsiveness
On 11 May 2011, at 23:54, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:55:13PM +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.
>
> can you try newer 2.6.39-rcX from experimental, is it fixed there?
Done (RC6). No. :-(
Cheers,
Sabahattin
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