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Re: [trinity-devel] What is 'tsak' and why is it eating 90-100% of my CPU?

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 12:12:34 -0600
> Tim, All,
>
>   I know there were a few tweaks involving tsak to fix the tdm.log
> explosion
> problem. After leaving TDE running overnight, I noticed the fans on my
> laptop
> pegged on. Huh?  Checking top, tsak was eating 90-100% of my CPU.
>
>   What is tsak?
>
>   Why is it pegging the CPU?
>
>   Here is a screenshot of top showing the cpu use:
>
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/tsak-hog.jpg
>
>   Want me to file a bug or you want to look at it first?

tsak is the secure attention key daemon.  The high CPU usage is probably
related to the debug spew that was filling your tdm.log file earlier.

What type of keyboard do you have?  It would also be helpful to know if it
is plugged in via USB or PS/2.

Tim