Re: 2.6.16.1 psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 and ACPI

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On 4/17/06, Brad Campbell <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

...
> ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 29) interrupt mode.

You can try changing EC to use polling mode (ec_intr=0) or even try disablig it.

--
Dmitry
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