Bug 200466

Summary:	media-sound/timidity++ wakes up the cpu at 100hz needlessly.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Miguel Marte <miguelmarte>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Sound Team <sound>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.nabble.com/-PATCH--Timidity-polling-t4028305.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	patch for timidity cpu wakeups

Description Miguel Marte 2007-11-27 00:54:24 UTC

When checking for programs that wake up the cpu needlessly i came across a bug in timidity.  It will wake up the cpu 100 times a second even when it is not in use.  I searched around and found a patch by Stas Sergeev.  Can it be added into portage? The less wakeup the more battery life on laptops?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Install timidity.
start it up.
check powertop.
Actual Results:  
timidity will wake up the cpu 100 times a second.

Expected Results:  
not wake up the cpu needlessly.

There is already a patch at the site.
http://www.nabble.com/-PATCH--Timidity-polling-t4028305.html
I tested it out and works.
Is timidity even maintained any more?

Comment 1 Miguel Marte 2007-11-27 19:21:28 UTC

Created attachment 137143 [details, diff]
patch for timidity cpu wakeups

credit goes to Stas Sergeev.

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-12 16:00:35 UTC

In portage, try -r9.