I had the same problem on my eee 900 running easypeasy, UNTIL i tried to fix a microphone problem by uninstalling PulseAudio!
I followed http://forum.eeebuntu.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=999&p=4229 As mentioned there, using Synaptic I uninstalled all PulseAudio packages, then installed ESound, rebooted etc, and not only did my microphone work well, but also the periodic system freezes (induced also by cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0..) especially during video playback, where gone! I dont think this actually solved the problem with acpi, but it certainly did remove the video & audio symptome glitches. Good enough for me in the short term.. -- hald causes periodic system freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313573 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Eee Coders, which is the registrant for Easy Peasy. Status in Easy Peasy: Incomplete Status in Ubuntu EeePC-optimized Kernel: New Bug description: Hello I've got a Asus EEE PC 900 on which I have installed the newest Ubuntu (8.10). To make the hardware work I had set up a few optimizations, one of these is the EEE-PC-optimized kernel by Adam. Now to the bug: -Description: The system produces periodic freezes every few seconds (about every 10 sec). During this freeze it completely hangs for a part of second. So if you listen to an MP3 or watch a movie there is a VERY annoying break every few seconds. Even during normal web-browsing this freeze is clearly noticeable. -Supposed cause: After hours of searching the Internet and looking for a reason on my EEE I think I've finally found the process which causes this trouble: It's hald. The system monitor showed me this process for a really short time on the top of the list (system usage). But this was the first and (until now) the last time it could reach the top of the list (I suppose the time of height system usage of hald is mostly much to short to be even shown by a prog like top). After I've killed hald the freeze was gone, but hald's functionality unfortunately too... Hope this description helps to find and destroy this annoying bug! Thanks a lot in advance! You are doing great work! Regards Simon _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders Post to : ubuntu-eee-coders@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
