Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:16:55 -0400 | From | "Dmitry Torokhov" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16.1 psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 and ACPI |
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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.
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