On Thursday 11 May 2017 16:00:56 Tim wrote: > > End of Emc-users Digest, Vol 133, Issue 31 > > message 4 > > > Gene Heskett wrote > > > > >>>Not according to htop Chris. This is a quad core, 64 bit per core > > >>> armhf processor supposedly running at a minimum speed of 800MHz, > > >>> claims 1.2 GHz top. And the effect is apparently random per > > >>> boot, I'll reboot after doing something, the keyboard is > > >>> unusable, I give up and reboot it again, and its working 100%. > > >>> It may, or may not, go to pot with extended uptime. Its on now, > > >>> and amanda will back it up about 1:30 in the morning, and > > >>> tomorrow morning it may act as if the keyboard stuff is out in > > >>> the swap file. Thats laggy, but nothing like when it decides to > > >>> start ignoring keyup's. ATM its loaded under 2.0, and the > > >>> screensaver metaballs is by far the biggest load. htop says > > >>> swap is empty, but I've never had any experience using a swap > > >>> file till now. So I wonder if htop is lying to me about it. > > >>> > > >>>I've had the usb monitor thing running several times, and that > > >>> got me to throw away a usb extension cord that was picking up > > >>> megabits of raw noise so I plugged the rx buttons directly into > > >>> the pi, and without too much between the keyboard and the button > > >>> but 25 feet of air, and it never misses a keystroke. Of course > > >>> since the sd card is on the usb stuff, I also see the "disk" > > >>> traffic, but its not "busy". Next reboot, the usbtrace looks > > >>> the same but no response to keyup events about 90% of the time. > > >>> The events are getting thru the rx buttons, but the pi is > > >>> ignoring them. > > >>> > > >>>I would think, since the boot is the same sequence of events > > >>> every time, that the results would be pretty consistent, but > > >>> they are not. Random as all get out. > > >>> > > >>>Were you getting an up-board? Or was that Erik? > > Gene I had same issues even though I was using, or when not using the > wifi on pi 3 > this took care of it for me. Also, the kernel you are using is not the > only RT-Preempt for the pi:
Oh. do tell me more plz. This one is > Linux raspberrypi 4.4.4-rt9-v7+ #7 SMP PREEMPT RT Mon Mar 7 14:53:11 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux > sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt > > #Add the following > > dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_enable=0 dwc_otg.fiq_enable=0 dwc_otg.nak_holdoff=0 Thats all in there already. > sudo reboot -n > > > > See posts at this site about rt patched kernels on pi2 & 3 freezing > during wifi use > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=159170 Thats been a very rare occurrence. Maybe twice in 5 months? So its not really on my radar here, just the local to the machine keyboards. > > May this will do it for you I hope > Tim March Wifi is disabled & radio turned off, always has been almost since day 2, when I ran ip and it found most of the neighborhood. Bad dog, no biscuit that it was enabled by default. Thanks Tim March. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
