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.