[ltp] tpb freezups?

[Richard Neill]

  > On 12/8/06, Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com> wrote:
>> A31 TP, FC6 --
>> The tpb (Thinkpad Buttons) daemon seems to cause intermittent freezups.
>> X server stops responding, keyboard unresponsive, ditto eraserhead mouse,
>> etc., and this necessitates a power off.
>>
>> This happens only when online and on certain websites. I think it 
>> might be because of Java or cgi scripts that the web pages cause to be executed.
>>
>> This didn't start happening until after I upgraded to FC6.
>>
>> Anyone else seen anything like this happening?

I saw it happen frequently on my A22p, about a year ago, and in the end, 
I decided to forgo the nice on-screen display, and live without it. The 
freezes are caused because of some APM/ACPI bug (it has to poll 
/dev/nvram) - I think your observation about web pages is most likely 
coincidental.

I don't know whether it's the kernel or userspace bit that's to blame, 
but you might try testing with the kernel and/or tpb from FC5. [While 
testing, you can probably get away with forcing RPM to do the install 
(if you have to) since they won't have any important interdependencies]

Best wishes,

Richard