Chris Ridd wrote: > > > I've just rebooted into snv94, and the intrstat figures are back down > in the 100 range. I guess I'll keep watching out to see if they go > bezerk again. > > I forgot to mention, the nvidia driver in snv94 has *experimental* support for not generating vertical blank interrupts when idle. In the nvidia Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf add:
Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" With this option, you won't normally see the 60Hz interrupt rate coming from the nvidia device. However, it won't help much with a stuck interrupt.