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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:57:20 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
To:        Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de>
Cc:        gnome-list freebsd <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: hald constantly eating cpu
Message-ID:  <480CFFB0.7000102@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <480CFCFD.6010702@janh.de>
References:  <480CFCFD.6010702@janh.de>

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Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote:
> After booting, top always shows about 4% user and 10% system without any 
> process having any (W)CPU. If I stop hald, everything goes down to 0, if 
> I start hald again after that, the cpu usage goes up again.

This is most likely caused by the two mouse pollers.  You can follow the 
HAL FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html to see how you 
can ignore these two devices.  That will disable auto-config of the mice 
in X, but it should reduce the CPU usage.

Joe

> 
> Every related port is up to date (as of portsnap Apr-21 20:41 CEST).
> 
> Kernel is GENERIC+SCHED_ULE.
> 
> Any idea how to fix the problem?
> 
> Since I have read about hald problems related to moused, I will state my 
> mouse config, although my configuration seems different:
> /etc/rc.conf:
>   moused_enable="NO"
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>   InputDevice    "Synaptics_Touchpad" "CorePointer"
>   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "SendCoreEvents"
> [...]
>   Identifier  "Mouse0"
>   Driver      "mouse"
>   Option      "Protocol" "Auto"
>   Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> [...]
>   Identifier  "Synaptics_Touchpad"
>   Driver      "synaptics"
>   Option          "Device"                "/dev/psm0"
>   Option          "Protocol"              "psm"
> 
> Removing the usb mouse does not make a difference.
> 
> hald or mouse related processes (no activity in top):
>  2357  ??  Ss     0:00.87 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto -I 
> /var/run/moused.ums0.pid
>  2666  ??  Ss     0:00.52 /usr/local/sbin/hald
>  2667  ??  I      0:00.02 hald-runner
>  2671  ??  S      0:00.32 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0 
> (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
>  2676  ??  S      0:00.23 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/ums0 
> (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
>  2691  ??  S      0:00.11 hald-addon-storage: /dev/acd0 
> (hald-addon-storage)
> 
> Finally my dmesg:
> Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Feb 27 03:15:08 CET 2008
>     jan@janh.freebsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ULEGENERIC
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz (1394.35-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x695  Stepping = 5
> 
> Features=0xa7e9f9bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE> 
> 
>   Features2=0x180<EST,TM2>
> real memory  = 2146893824 (2047 MB)
> avail memory = 2091327488 (1994 MB)
> kbd1 at kbdmux0
> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
> hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 27 2008 03:14:42)
> acpi0: <ACER Cardinal> on motherboard
> acpi0: [ITHREAD]
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
> acpi0: reservation of 100000, 7ff00000 (3) failed
> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
> acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1d> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> acpi_perf0: <ACPI CPU Frequency Control> on cpu0
> p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
> agp0: <Intel 82855 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
> vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 
> 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff,0xd0100000-0xd010ffff irq 10 at device 0.0 on pci1
> uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1800-0x181f 
> irq 10 at device 29.0 on pci0
> uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> uhci0: [ITHREAD]
> usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1820-0x183f 
> irq 5 at device 29.1 on pci0
> uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> uhci1: [ITHREAD]
> usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
> usb1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1840-0x185f 
> irq 10 at device 29.2 on pci0
> uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> uhci2: [ITHREAD]
> usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
> usb2: USB revision 1.0
> uhub2: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2
> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem 
> 0xd0000000-0xd00003ff irq 10 at device 29.7 on pci0
> ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> ehci0: [ITHREAD]
> usb3: EHCI version 1.0
> usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
> usb3: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
> usb3: USB revision 2.0
> uhub3: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb3
> uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
> pci_link4: BIOS IRQ 10 for 2.4.INTA is invalid
> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
> bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xd0214000-0xd0215fff irq 5 
> at device 2.0 on pci2
> miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0
> bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0
> bmtphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> bfe0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:c0:9f:28:7f:1e
> bfe0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd0200000-0xd020ffff irq 9 at device 4.0 on pci2
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:11:f5:83:f6:e6
> ath0: mac 10.5 phy 6.1 radio 6.3
> cbb0: <O2Micro OZ711M1 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xd0216000-0xd0216fff at 
> device 6.0 on pci2
> cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
> pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
> cbb0: [ITHREAD]
> cbb1: <O2Micro OZ711M1 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 6.1 on pci2
> cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
> pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
> cbb1: [ITHREAD]
> pci2: <base peripheral> at device 6.2 (no driver attached)
> fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB43AB21/A/AI/A-EP> mem 
> 0xd0218000-0xd02187ff,0xd0210000-0xd0213fff irq 10 at device 7.0 on pci2
> fwohci0: [FILTER]
> fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1)
> fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
> fwohci0: EUI64 00:c0:9f:00:00:0c:ef:cd
> fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
> fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
> firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
> fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
> if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:c0:9f:0c:ef:cd
> fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:c0:9f:0c:ef:cd
> fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0
> fwip0: Firewire address: 00:c0:9f:00:00:0c:ef:cd @ 0xfffe00000000, S400, 
> maxrec 2048
> sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
> dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0
> dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0x7d840000
> fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
> fwohci0: BUS reset
> fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 
> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1860-0x186f at device 31.1 on pci0
> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
> ata0: [ITHREAD]
> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> ata1: [ITHREAD]
> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
> pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0x1c00-0x1cff,0x18c0-0x18ff mem 
> 0xd0000c00-0xd0000dff,0xd0000800-0xd00008ff irq 10 at device 31.5 on pci0
> pcm0: [ITHREAD]
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC202 AC97 Codec>
> pci0: <simple comms, generic modem> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
> acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
> acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
> battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
> battery1: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
> acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
> acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0
> sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on 
> acpi0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio0: [FILTER]
> sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 drq 1 on acpi0
> sio1: type 16550A
> sio1: [FILTER]
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcffff,0xd0000-0xd17ff pnpid 
> ORM0000 on isa0
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (ECP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> ppc0: [ITHREAD]
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> ums0: <B16_b_02 USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/98.02, addr 
> 2> on uhub0
> ums0: 8 buttons and Z dir.
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1394345791 Hz quality 800
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> hptrr: no controller detected.
> firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
> firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
> ad0: 95396MB <FUJITSU MHV2100AH 00000096> at ata0-master UDMA100
> interrupt storm detected on "irq10:"; throttling interrupt source
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0 is msdosfs/SMART BTMGR.
> acd0: CDRW <QSI CD-RW/DVD-ROM SBW-242/UX08> at ata1-master UDMA33
> pccard1: <unknown card> (manufacturer=0xffff, product=0x0001, 
> function_type=-1) at function 0
> pccard1:    CIS info: O2Micro, SmartCardBus Reader, V1.0
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0s1 is ntfs/WINDOWS_XP.
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0s5 is msdosfs/XCHANGE.
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
> GEOM_LABEL: Label msdosfs/SMART BTMGR removed.
> fuse4bsd: version 0.3.9-pre1, FUSE ABI 7.8
> drm0: <ATI Radeon Lf RV250 Mobility 9000 M9 / FireMV 2400 PCI> on vgapci0
> info: [drm] AGP at 0xe0000000 256MB
> info: [drm] Initialized radeon 1.25.0 20060524
> info: [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
> info: [drm] Loading R200 Microcode
> info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
> drm0: [ITHREAD]
> 
> Thanks
> Jan Henrik
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-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
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