From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Suspend to RAM issus on a Dell 700m Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:11:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20050626211107.GA1315@elf.ucw.cz> References: <42BED9A0.9050803@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42BED9A0.9050803-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Petros Kolyvas Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I finally got the "mem" state to function on my laptop (a state which I > use extensively in that "other" OS when I'm working.) > > A few issues though... my cpu, upon return, powers up to full-speed > making it impossible to truly conserve power, sort of defeating the > whole process. > > It seems a rogue process (one which I can't kill)... listed only as 'sh > -i" is using ~99% of the available CPU cycles. I have no idea where it's > coming from. > > Additionally the system gets less and less responsive with each return > from the "mem" state. Probably due to many of these rogue processes > building up and bogging the system down. > > Below is the script I used, which I found online and modified (very > little) as needed. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Oh, I'm > using FC4 w/ 2.6.12 (unpatched.) Are you using preempt by chance? See wchan where the sh -i is running... then debug it :-). Pavel -- teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click