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    SubjectRe: 2.6.16.1 psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 and ACPI
    On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au> wrote:
    > Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
    > > On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au> wrote:
    > >> Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop kernel: psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1
    > >> Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop last message repeated 4 times
    > >> Apr 17 14:12:30 bklaptop kernel: psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request
    > >>
    > >> I know it's related to ACPI as if I kill all apps that poll the acpi interface the problem goes
    > >> away. My issue is that when I do that, I sometimes forget to plug the machine in when it needs it
    > >> (or suspend it to change the battery) and it winds up dead with no warning. So I *really* need my
    > >> battery monitoring.
    > >>
    > >> I just don't recall having these problems, to this extent with earlier kernels. It's always been
    > >> there, but I guess since I passed about 2.6.13 or thereabouts it has just gotten worse. 2.6.16.1 is
    > >> almost unusable for serious work if I have anything monitoring the battery.
    > >>
    > >
    > > I often do you have your apps polling battery? Changing to 1 or 2
    > > minutes might help.
    >
    > All in all I have three apps that poll.. I've slowed them down a little and it still seems to
    > co-incide with me typing or using the touchpad (Murphy is a swine like that). One polls once per
    > minute, one polls every 30 seconds and one polls every 2 seconds!! (that one I can kill without
    > losing any major functionality)
    >

    Would you mind telling me what these applications are? Hopefully they
    only poll "status" and not "info" file. And 2 seconds is definitely
    too high. It would be nice if you could reduce "pollers" to just 1
    application though.

    --
    Dmitry
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