Re: 2.6.16.1 psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 and ACPI

["Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au> wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au> 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.
>
> All in all I have three apps that poll.. I've slowed them down a little and it still seems to
> co-incide with me typing or using the touchpad (Murphy is a swine like that). One polls once per
> minute, one polls every 30 seconds and one polls every 2 seconds!! (that one I can kill without
> losing any major functionality)
>

Would you mind telling me what these applications are? Hopefully they
only poll "status" and not "info" file. And 2 seconds is definitely
too high. It would be nice if you could reduce "pollers" to just 1
application though.

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Dmitry