On 03/06/2014 12:29 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> 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
> 

Will do - and report back.


-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.