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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Dimitris Zilaskos <dzila@tassadar.physics.auth.gr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: events/0 eats 100% cpu on core duo laptop
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:23:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060516122303.48b14dc1.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605162002150.9606@tassadar.physics.auth.gr>

Dimitris Zilaskos <dzila@tassadar.physics.auth.gr> wrote:
>
> I have installed Slackware 10.2 on a fujitsu siemens e8110 laptop (Core 
> Duo). With 2.6.16.12 & 2.6.16.16 kernels, a few minutes after 
> boot events/0 starts eating 100% cpu (affecting performance and battery 
> life).
>  	Any ideas ?

Hit alt-sysrq-P.  That'll tell you where the CPU is spinning.  You might need
to hit it a few times to make sure you got the right CPU (if only one is
spinning).

You might need to do `echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq' to enable sysrq.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-16 19:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-16 17:06 Dimitris Zilaskos
2006-05-16 17:41 ` Chase Venters
2006-05-16 18:29   ` Dimitris Zilaskos
2006-05-16 19:23 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-05-16 21:49   ` Dimitris Zilaskos
2006-05-16 22:22     ` Stephen Hemminger
     [not found]       ` <20060516165121.105315a8.akpm@osdl.org>
2006-05-17  7:11         ` Dimitris Zilaskos

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