On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Mark Stosberg wrote: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Mark Stosberg wrote: > > > I've now filed a bug against the 'checkbox' program which is triggering > > > the error. I've also updated a bug with the 'kerneloops' utility. I've > > > decided it is that utility which primarily at fault, because it is > > > treating a warning the same as if it is a serious kernel problem. > > > > WARN() from the kernel *is* supposed to be something you better pay > > attention to, but maybe the fear factor the "kerneloops" utility is > > employing when notifying the users of the WARN is a bit too strong :) > > > > In fact, I used WARN() because it was just about the _only_ way I'd ever get > > to know if something wierd is happening before I removed those attributes, > > maybe breaking userspace badly. As you can see, it worked very well :-) > > > > I would appreciate a lot if you keep me posted about this issue, it is > > important to me to know whay something would be accessing thinkpad-acpi's > > sysfs files, especially the deprecated ones. > > It's the audio test in checkbox that appears to trigger issue. It's a > python problem and the source code is here: > > http://launchpad.net/checkbox/0.7/0.7.1/+download/checkbox_0.7.1.tar.gz > > I tried searching for "hotkey" but it wasn't that easy. :) Perhaps the > audio test is calling an external tool which is then triggering the > issue. That's why I asked for the logs, as they tell you the exact PID that is accesing the log, and also a check using "ps" that can tell you exactly which process has that PID... -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
