Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751018AbWEPTU1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 15:20:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751084AbWEPTU1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 15:20:27 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:52110 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751018AbWEPTU0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 15:20:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:23:03 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Dimitris Zilaskos Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: events/0 eats 100% cpu on core duo laptop Message-Id: <20060516122303.48b14dc1.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: References: 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: 780 Lines: 18 Dimitris Zilaskos 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. - 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/