Running apcupsd causes load avg to reach or exceed .95. Stop apcupsd and load avg returns to < .03 . SmartUPS 1500 connected to system using usb cable. Ebuild versions tried: 3.10.15, 3.10.16, and 3.10.17. Daemon functions correctly otherwise. Standalone config. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge sys-power/apcupsd versions 3.10.15, 3.10.16, or 3.10.17 2. Configure Daemon for Standalone USB 3. Start apcupsd and watch load avg climb to > .95 and remain there Actual Results: load avg climbs over .95 and remains as long as apcupsd is running Expected Results: Would expect load avg to remain unaffected or barely affected by start of apcupsd gentoo-1 ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -mtune=pentium4 -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -mtune=pentium4 -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.netnitco.net http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.ccccom.com" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa apache2 arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr cgi crypt css cups curl divx4linux dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal howl imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww logitech-mouse mad maildir mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime rdesktop readline real samba scanner sdl slang smtp snmp sockets spell sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tcltk tcpd tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l vcd vim-with-x vorbis win32codecs xine xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid zeroconf zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS gentoo-1 ~ # apcaccess APC : 001,038,0918 DATE : Sat Jul 30 10:00:59 EDT 2005 HOSTNAME : gentoo-1 RELEASE : 3.10.15 VERSION : 3.10.15 (04 August 2004) gentoo UPSNAME : gentoo-1 CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Smart-UPS 1500 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Sat Jul 30 09:45:56 EDT 2005 STATUS : LINEV : 118.0 Volts LOADPCT : 18.8 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 72.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 50 Percent MINTIMEL : 30 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds OUTPUTV : 118.0 Volts DWAKE : -01 Seconds DSHUTD : 180 Seconds LOTRANS : 106.0 Volts HITRANS : 127.0 Volts ITEMP : 33.2 C Internal ALARMDEL : Always BATTV : 27.4 Volts LINEFREQ : 60.0 Hz NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STATFLAG : 0x02000000 Status Flag MANDATE : 2003-08-16 SERIALNO : AS0333232486 NOMBATTV : 24.0 FIRMWARE : 01.3.D USB FW:1.5 APCMODEL : Smart-UPS 1500 END APC : Sat Jul 30 10:00:59 EDT 2005 gentoo-1 ~ #
I do not use apcupsd or have a UPS for that matter, but was just wondering if you could set the polling frequency for apcupsd ? If so, make make it do that less times a minute?
Problem with excessive load gone after update to 3.10.18-r1.
Great, thanks for telling. Closing this bug now.
