QtMoko: how is long Power key press (=> shutdown/restart menu) handled?

[Neil Jerram]

On Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:56:37, Neil Jerram wrote:
> Sometimes my GTA04 gets into a state where the long Power key press is
> no longer recognised.  I've tried to investigate this, but I can't see
> anything in the codebase that makes a link between a long Power key
> press and showing the shutdown/restart menu.  Does anyone know how that
> happens?
> 
> (This is running QtMoko git HEAD code, with Qt 4.8, so this problem
> might not affect any releases yet.)
> 
> Thanks,
>         Neil
> 
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I just discovered a bit more about the state where a long Power key press does not work.  My GTA04 was hot in my pocket even though it should have been suspended.  I looked at it and connected over SSH and found that:

- it was not suspended

- long Power key press did not work

- top showed qpe constantly using around 95% CPU.

Then:

- strace on the qpe PID showed that it was continually reading fd 16, but not getting any data

- /proc showed that fd16 was /dev/ttyHS3, i.e. the modem.

This is all consistent with other recent occasions when I've noticed high CPU usage, or that the modem has stopped working, and I think also with two other UI symptoms:

- scrolling stops being kinetic

- when using the keyboard, the pressed key pops up but doesn't pop down again until I press the next key.

My guesses:

- the recent kernel fix for invalid serial state notifications unfortunately isn't quite right, or isn't a complete fix.

- This is also related to recent reports of faster than expected battery drainage.

Regards,
    Neil