matt

Yes, it solves the problem. However, the current logic is not very intuitive, it is the first app i meet that does that (and i have seen my share in...

is it gnome specific?

oh thanks but i discovered after posting that the fix was already in one of the issues... :) it's damienfern that should be credited can it be that each desktop...

do u know if i could try to capture the sleep state in order to confirm that it is actually causing the problem? like cat a sys variable to some...

> forcing Cstate to 1 would mean the CPU is _always fully turned on_. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cpu-c-states-power-saving-modes/ is interesting, from what i understand, it is not fully turned on in C1, it...

I tried powertop but the refresh rate is not enough. I'll try the log idea but i need to rotate the values so that the file stays small and need...

i finally made the update in grub and confirmed with powertop that the max_cstate was 1. Unfortunately, i got a new freeze in this configuration so, back to the drawing...

The situation looks grim according to this post: https://askubuntu.com/questions/945446/ubuntu-freezes-on-intel-atom where one of the commenter says that it's a problem that probably won't be fixed by kernel devs. I am testing...

After having my game running for 4 hours (instead of the PC freezing after 5-15 minutes), it looks like the workaround works for me (with a perf hit obviously) `sudo...

thanks damienfern, i should have better explained: i *can* shut the speakers manually with the gnome/unity interface applet, the workaround i expect is some command line or .conf trick.