What are the $%& boxes waiting for? :(

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

> My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the
> bios and have the power management features enabled.
Intriguing guess, something to test, but...
My 'knowledge' stands that ACPI ON is 'good', isn't it?
Can you elaborate?
There are no laptops involved, so I certainly don't need 'power management 
features enabled'
Thanks!
ET 

 


JD Austin writes: 

> My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the
> bios and have the power management features enabled. 
> 
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>  
> 
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote: 
> 
>> the second coming? 
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:10 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
>>
>>> Hello collective wisdom...
>>> I have several Linux boxes (different distros, no common denominator)
>>> that for no apparent reason have the processor(s) go into a 'waiting' state
>>> rather way too often.
>>> And then they wait...
>>> and wait...
>>> and wait some more...
>>> Darn it, how do I find out what in the #$%@ World are those processors
>>> waiting for?   :(
>>> Thanks...
>>> ET
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>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 
>>
>> Stephen 
>>
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