Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261933AbVCUWLo (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:11:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261934AbVCUWLn (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:11:43 -0500 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:46015 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261933AbVCUWLB (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:11:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:10:49 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Miguelanxo Otero Salgueiro Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.11: suspending laptop makes system randomly unstable Message-Id: <20050321141049.5d804609.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <422618F0.3020508@telefonica.net> References: <422618F0.3020508@telefonica.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-vine-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1723 Lines: 37 Miguelanxo Otero Salgueiro wrote: > > I just compiled 2.6.11 from a 2.6.10 configuration for a desktop machine > (with kernel preemption activated). > Doing a make oldconfig bring some new options. I selected the default > value (for my system) for them, so I keep configuring "make great kernel > lock preemtive" to true (complete kernel configuration follows). > > Apart from the ALPS touchpad thing (see "2.6.11: touchpad > unresponsive"), the new kernel keeps: > > - Setting randomly "last battery full charge" to a huge value > (example: 400 Ah when max battery capacity is 38 Ah) so I get random > charging/discharging timing patterns > - Locking "softly" the system: for example, preventing new proceses > from spawning. For example, if I suspend the laptop while in Xwindows, > resuming will keep X but new proceses can't be started. Changing to a > virtual console doesn't get past the login step, as a new shell can't be > started. > - Disabling/enabling double-clicks in the synaptic touchpad. Randomly. > > All of these symthoms are more or less randomly. As far as I can tell, > everything is ok before suspending but does Random Nasty Things(tm) > after coming out from suspension. > > Well, at least system clock works better than in 2.6.10. > > I will try to deactivate the main kernel lock thingie and see if that helps. > You appear to have about five bugs here. Do any of them remain in 2.6.12-rc1? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/