Re: events/0 eats 100% cpu on core duo laptop

Dimitris Zilaskos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have installed Slackware 10.2 on a fujitsu siemens e8110 laptop (Core 
> Duo). With 2.6.16.12 & 2.6.16.16 kernels, a few minutes after 
> boot events/0 starts eating 100% cpu (affecting performance and battery 
> life).
>  	Any ideas ?

Hit alt-sysrq-P.  That'll tell you where the CPU is spinning.  You might need
to hit it a few times to make sure you got the right CPU (if only one is
spinning).

You might need to do `echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq' to enable sysrq.
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