From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750778AbWDQMW5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:22:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750798AbWDQMW5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:22:57 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.199]:31805 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750778AbWDQMW4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:22:56 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NcXidTGqKLoGTrqOZ+AcTeywNpa6jqesFz5ulJcP6IJ3iKM60OkFAzQgXF9gHqFD9OLZg46TVKgfFw86O/AeAQXuPwUzjIjVdSFfx8wCIGD0SSeDTHYdEvrkLHssW4CP/oR7NTVLwp89+aUWHzZ2Un65/AwaMfZwfT2aC84M9RE= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:22:53 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: "Brad Campbell" Subject: Re: 2.6.16.1 psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 and ACPI Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <44437793.20908@wasp.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <44437793.20908@wasp.net.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell wrote: > > Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop kernel: psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 > Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop last message repeated 4 times > Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop kernel: psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request > > I know it's related to ACPI as if I kill all apps that poll the acpi interface the problem goes > away. My issue is that when I do that, I sometimes forget to plug the machine in when it needs it > (or suspend it to change the battery) and it winds up dead with no warning. So I *really* need my > battery monitoring. > > I just don't recall having these problems, to this extent with earlier kernels. It's always been > there, but I guess since I passed about 2.6.13 or thereabouts it has just gotten worse. 2.6.16.1 is > almost unusable for serious work if I have anything monitoring the battery. > I often do you have your apps polling battery? Changing to 1 or 2 minutes might help. ... > ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 29) interrupt mode. You can try changing EC to use polling mode (ec_intr=0) or even try disablig it. -- Dmitry