Re: kacpid problems

dev_zero
2004-11-06T12:58:25Z

Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote:
> * dev_zero <dev_xor-eZNTXLQAfP4@public.gmane.org> [2004-11-06 00:38:34 +0100]:
>
>
>>When my processor gets too hot, over 85 C it tries to shutdown(S5), but
>>the only thing that happends is that kacpid starts running and runns
>>with 99% CPU usage.
>>(taken from top)
>>5 root 7 -10 0 0 0 R 99.0 0.0 0:17.94 kacpid
>>
>>Is it someone who knows what is wrong? Is it a bug or is it my hardware
>>that is the problem?
>
> I have this also, but not always. Also even kacpid shows 99% CPU usage,
> as I see gkrellm, it shows that about 45% is spent in kernel space, and
> the rest in user space. I say not always because sometimes my machine
> goes without any problem even when hot, or bugging when it is not really
> hot. Don't know if my 'bug' is really related to yours, but yes, it is
> annoying as when this happens I can not shutdown manually even. The last
> line I see acpi_poweroff_called (even if I stop the kacpid process
> before).
> Is it a laptop or a desktop machine?
>
> Regards,
> Laszlo/GCS

I have a laptop. After the kacpid starts running with 99% cpu usage I
cannot use my machine I have to reboot, because it's lagging too much.
And the last line I see when I switch to init 0 is also
"acpi_poweroff_called".