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Re: sudden power loss (WAS: sudden power loss on tibook)



On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 16:10 +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> The power loss most probably results from communication
> between CPU and PMU breaking down,

It most certainly is. It can be the result of a very high interrupt
latency at the wrong time, a kernel crash just at the wrong time, or
something else making the PMU unhappy...

Are you guys all confirming that the problem happens on a kernel without
CONFIG_CPUFREQ enabled at all ? Have you tried also doing (as root)

echo "0" >/proc/sys/kernel/powersave_nap

That will make the machine hotter & suck more battery (at least on
machines where nap mode is supported, that isn't the case of the
wallstreet in the first place) but it may be a good indication if that
fixes the occasional shutdown.

Ben.




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