On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Michael Biebl wrote:
> On 27.07.2010 01:41, Tim Connors wrote:
> > Package: pm-utils
> > Version: 1.3.0-2
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > A few days ago (hmmm, probably corresponding to a reboot to
> > 2.6.32-5-amd64), my /var/log/pm-powersave.log started growing rapidly
> > with an entry per second of:
Woops, I assumed the file was being rotated daily, and there are 3 large
pm-powersave.log files followed by 2 more small files with reasonable
amounts of log messages. It turns out they're being rotated monthly, and
the large amount of logging started back in May. I don't know what
specific package upgrade is at fault, I'm afraid.
> > /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/sched-powersave false: **sched policy powersave
> > OFF
> > success.
> >
> >
> > Not good for powersaving if it keeps the disk spun up and CPU churning
> > executing /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/sched-powersave all the time!
> >
>
> pm-powersave should only be run, when you plug/unplug your ac adapater.
> Did you repeatedly unplug power?
No.
> Do you get those messages when you don't change between battery and ac?
> Try to monitor the log file with "tail -f /var/log/pm-powersave.log" please.
As I said, it grows at a rate of approx. 1 per second.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/sched-powersave false:**sched policy powersave OFF
success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/sched-powersave false:**sched policy powersave OFF
success.
Over and over again. So far, up to 117MB this month since last being
rotated.
There is a battery fault in this laptop (old battery, still holds some
charge, but causes the battery LED to blink red - perhaps causing excess
acpi messages, and getting pm-utils confused? But the battery has been
in this state a lot longer than since this bug appeared).
This bug does not affect my other Dell laptop running 2.6.34-1.
(fortunate that this doesn't break my backup scheme, given that such
messages are extremely compressable).
--
TimC
"Eppur si muove!" (And yet it does move!)
-- Galileo Galilei
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