Thu Sep 10 15:51:52 EEST 2009

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) on Toshiba Satellite L40 14B ACPI problem CPU loading problem and workaround

As you have noticed in my previous posts I'm playing a bit with Toshiba Satellite L40 14B updates this days. I've came across an ugly problem with ACPI on Ubuntu Jaunty. It's really a big issue because acpi stalls and keeps loading the system on 100% leaving it with 0% idle all the time. The solution I've found is suggested on the following Ubuntu bug launchpad . As it describes the solution comes to this:
1. rm -f /etc/acpi/events/asus-wireless-on
2. rm -f /etc/acpi/events/asus-wireless-2
the next two steps are added by me
to prevent some problems caused by acpid
upgrades.
3. touch /etc/acpi/events/asus-wireless-2
4. touch /etc/acpi/events/asus-wireless-on