> On 03/06/2014 10:52 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 6. März 2014 schrieb David C. Rankin: >>> All, >>> >>> Testing the new soft-freeze packages has disclosed a horrible problem >>> with >>> tdepowersave taking nearly 100% of the CPU. My laptop was nearly on >>> fire this >>> morning: >>> >>> [screenshot] >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/tdeowersave-97percent.jpg >>> >>> Earlier in development I saw tdepowesave in the 20-40% range, but >>> never at >>> near 100% of CPU. What to try? >>> >> >> What kernel do you use? I had the same problem on wheezy with 3.5.13.2. >> tdepowersave took 100% of one core. It occured after tdepowersave put >> the x61 to powersave the second time. It looks like the problem went >> away after changing to kernel 3.12-0.bpo.1. >> >> nik >> >> > > Kernel is 3.13-5.1 (just a few days old), So this is happening with > current kernels. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Try attaching gdb to the runaway tdepowersave process--that should at least show you where it is stuck. Tim