Re: [BUG] Defunct event/0 processes under 2.6.0-test6-mm1

[Bradley Chapman <kakadu_croc@yahoo.com>]

Mr. Wright,

--- Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> wrote:
> * Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org) wrote:
> > Bradley Chapman <kakadu_croc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am experiencing defunct event/0 kernel daemons under 2.6.0-test6-mm1
> > >  with synaptics_drv 0.11.7, Dmitry Torokhov's gpm-1.20 with synaptics
> > >  support, and XFree86 4.3.0-10. Moving the touchpad in either X or with
> > >  gpm causes defunct event/0 processes to be created. 
> > 
> > Defunct is odd.  Have you run `dmesg' to see if the kernel oopsed?
> > 
> > You could try reverting synaptics-reconnect.patch, and then
> serio-reconnect.patch from
> 
> Andrew, I wonder if this isn't caused by the call_usermodehelper patch.
> Looks like you were right ;-)

He is right. I reverted call_usermodehelper-retval-fix-2.patch and everything
works again. Why would that break the source of events/0 and hotplug?

I'd post a link to my reponse but the USSG archive is slow ;-)

> 
> thanks,
> -chris

Brad


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Brad Chapman

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