[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-20 Thread Carl Mueller
Same issue also appears in Linux Mint 18.1 Mate. In all instances, the touchpad works in the live USB boot before installation but after installation, its as though it is not even installed. @santi Thank you for letting me know. It's definitely frustrating as its an essential piece of the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] [NEW] Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-18 Thread Carl Mueller
Public bug reported: I recently purchased a Sager NP8152-S / Clevo 650RP6. See http://www.clevo.com/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=958=en The trackpad is not detected. xinput does not display a trackpad device nor is the device listed in ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-18 Thread Carl Mueller
** Description changed: - I recently purchased a Sager NP8152-S / Clevo 650RP6. - See http://www.clevo.com/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=958=en + I recently purchased a Sager NP8152-S / Clevo 650RP6. + See http://www.clevo.com/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=958=en The trackpad is not detected. xinput

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-19 Thread Carl Mueller
Output of xinput booting from USB. Touchpad works: ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=14 [slave pointer (2)] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651005

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-18 Thread Carl Mueller
This did not work: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1314198/comments/31 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651005 Title: Unidentified Trackpad

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-18 Thread Carl Mueller
IGNORE COMMENT #3. Here is the full output of lshw: description: Notebook product: P65xRP (Not Applicable) vendor: Notebook version: Not Applicable serial: Not Applicable width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-3.0 dmi-3.0 smp vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-18 Thread Carl Mueller
Output from lshw for the unidentified touchpad device: *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: Sunrise Point-H SMBus vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.4 bus info: pci@:00:1f.4 version: 31

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-19 Thread Carl Mueller
I had tried upgrading to 16.10 using the automated upgrade to see if I could fix the problem. This is the version for which I reported the bug. I've since tried reinstalling with 16.04.1 and attempted the upstream kernel fix that you recommended. Sorry for my inconsistencies. ** Tags added:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1651005] Re: Unidentified Trackpad Synaptics

2016-12-19 Thread Carl Mueller
This issue is occurring after a brand new installation using latest 16.04.1 iso image on a new computer. When booting into a USB live testing/installation, the touchpad works and is detected using xinput command. However, after installation, the touchpad is no longer detected. Not sure if this

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] Re: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-22 Thread Carl Mueller
Okay. That file exists. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to seeing these patches arrive in the next few kernel iterations. Cheers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] Re: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-27 Thread Carl Mueller
This fix is not showing up in 4.4.0-70. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674390 Title: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-27 Thread Carl Mueller
Fix not showing up in 4.4.0-70. Not sure if it was intended for this release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-30 Thread Carl Mueller
Fix not showing in 4.4.0-71 either. Just FYI in case it was intended. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-18 Thread Carl Mueller
Kai-Heng Feng, I also noticed that by default the scaling driver used is acpi-cpufreq and not p-state. I've read that p-state is favorable for kernels >= 4.4. Is this something that is up to the user to decide or should this be considered an incorrect default? analyzing CPU 0: driver:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
sudo powertop (idel stats) Package | Core|CPU 0 CPU 4 POLL0.0%| POLL0.0%| POLL0.0%0.0 ms 0.1% 3.1 ms C1E-SKL 0.5%| C1E-SKL 0.2%| C1E-SKL 0.4%0.6 ms 0.0% 0.1 ms C3-SKL 0.2%

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
However, I notcied powertop is now not automatically choosing to adjust many of the bad parameters to good (not sure if that is related...). Most of the PCI devices are not set to Bad when previously they were automatically at Good. Bad Enable SATA link power management for host0

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Autotune with powertop works fine. No interference. Still showing heavy usage of C10 state when idling :) :) I think this is a worthy path to incorporate for us 5520 users. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Okay. I'll try it out. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520 Status in linux package

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Should I install all four .deb packages in the link you provided? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Just an FYI, I do see this warning every time I've tried to build a kernel on my 5520. Not sure if this is an issue. : Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle. Will not try to make an initrd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Okay. Right away I notice a difference with the program i7z: Cpu speed from cpuinfo 2875.00Mhz cpuinfo might be wrong if cpufreq is enabled. To guess correctly try estimating via tsc Linux's inbuilt cpu_khz code emulated now True Frequency (without accounting Turbo) 2895 MHz CPU Multiplier 29x

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Also trying to run turbostat: sudo turbostat --debug WARNING: turbostat not found for kernel 4.4.0-68 You may need to install the following packages for this specific kernel: linux-tools-4.4.0-68-generic linux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-68-generic You may also want to install one of the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-15 Thread Carl Mueller
Excuse my ignorance, but does that mean I should continue to use your 4.4.0-68 kernel and as Canonical releases kernel updates, I should naturally phase into the regular update stream again? Or should I revert to the newest updated (4.4.0-67) and remove your custom kernel? Thanks! -- You

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] [NEW] Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-20 Thread Carl Mueller
Public bug reported: sudo cpupower frequency-info analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.80 GHz

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] Re: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-20 Thread Carl Mueller
TLP settings: --- TLP 0.8 +++ Configured Settings: /etc/default/tlp TLP_ENABLE=1 TLP_DEFAULT_MODE=AC DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_AC=0 DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT=2 MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_AC=15 MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_BAT=60 CPU_MIN_PERF_ON_AC=0 CPU_MAX_PERF_ON_AC=100

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-20 Thread Carl Mueller
Kai-Heng, It has been filed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1674390 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] Re: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-22 Thread Carl Mueller
Your kernel does not have cpupower but according to tlp -p, the test kernel is now using pstate. Is there a more appropriate way to confirm this other than using tlp? Also, according to tlp, the scaling-govenors swtich appropriately (performace for A/C and powersave for bat). Lastly, I just

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1674390] Re: Kernel 4.4.0-67 Defaults to ACPI-cpufreq rather than P-State - Dell Precision 5520

2017-03-22 Thread Carl Mueller
Just another observation, the scaling_max_freq is now at 390 (the boost max) using pstate vs 2801000 (standard max) when using acpi- cpufreq driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-15 Thread Carl Mueller
@Kai-Heng Feng, I am not sure if this patch was intended for 4.4.0-67 (which recently was updated via Software Updater) but that kernel version reverted my CPU behavior back to only using C3 states and nothing deeper. Just FYI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
Kai-Feng, you were right about Powertop. I am a big fan of presuming th worst. For some reason, my trackpad stopped tracking (I could click but no movement). However upon restart it seems to be fully restored and operational. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-04-04 Thread Carl Mueller
Sorry to be so persistent but Intel has posted a warning about not using lower power states. See page 64 of this data sheet: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/6th-gen-core- family-mobile-u-y-processor-lines-datasheet-vol-1.html -- You received this bug notification because

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-04-04 Thread Carl Mueller
@Kai-Heng Feng, the fix is not showing up in 4.4.0-72 carl@carl-5520:~$ uname -a Linux carl-5520 4.4.0-72-generic #93-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 31 14:07:41 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux carl@carl-5520:~$ sudo powertop Package | Core|CPU 0 CPU 4

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
~$ sudo powertop (Idle Stats tab) Package | Core|CPU 0 CPU 4 POLL0.0%| POLL0.0%| POLL0.0%0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms C1 0.8%| C1 0.3%| C1 0.3%0.2 ms 0.4% 0.6 ms C2

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
Installed: intel-microcode_3.20161104.1~deb8u1~bpo7+1_amd6 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
~$ dmesg |grep idle [0.00] clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0x max_cycles: 0x, max_idle_ns: 7645519600211568 ns [0.00] clocksource: hpet: mask: 0x max_cycles: 0x, max_idle_ns: 79635855245 ns [0.044934] process: using mwait in idle threads [

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
Let me know what other information I could supply. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] [NEW] No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
Public bug reported: My processor does not appear to be utilizing and idling states deeper than C3. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-66-generic 4.4.0-66.87 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
cat /sys/module/intel_idle/parameters/max_cstate ~$ cat /sys/module/intel_idle/parameters/max_cstate 9 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
~$ sudo i7z sudo i7z i7z DEBUG: i7z version: svn-r93-(27-MAY-2013) i7z DEBUG: Found Intel Processor i7z DEBUG:Stepping 9 i7z DEBUG:Model e i7z DEBUG:Family 6 i7z DEBUG:Processor Type 0 i7z DEBUG:Extended Model 9 i7z DEBUG: msr = Model Specific Register i7z DEBUG: Unknown

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-13 Thread Carl Mueller
~$ sudo turbostat cpu0: Guessing tjMax 100 C, Please use -T to specify CPU Avg_MHz Busy% Bzy_MHz TSC_MHz - 1006.6315002904 0 1097.2715002904 4 805.3315012904 1 1338.8514982904 5 93

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-03-14 Thread Carl Mueller
@Kai-Heng Feng, What are the odds of this backport patch being included with the next update from Canonical for 16.04. Since your recommended kernel is 4.4.0-68 do you think it will arrive as part of the regular release schedule? I can report if the patch worked when it arrives. As much as I love

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-04-24 Thread Carl Mueller
Kernel 4.4.75 appears to have fixed the problem for C states. Package | Core|CPU 0 CPU 4 POLL0.1%| POLL0.0%| POLL0.0%0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms C1E-SKL 1.4%| C1E-SKL 2.9%| C1E-SKL 3.5%0.3 ms

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1672439] Re: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520

2017-04-24 Thread Carl Mueller
@Kai-Feng. The other bug regarding p-state as disappeared (I cannot access it on Ubuntu bugs). This bug also appears to be fixed as p-state is now the default scaling driver. However tlp stat is showing unusual max/min cpufreq settings after kernel installation. Do these settings seem incorrect