Oh, and if you want to work around the problem temporarily the easiest thing to do is to unload the hp_wmi module (sudo rmmod hp_wmi). You can make it persist across reboots by adding the line 'blacklist hp_wmi' to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. You will loose some functionality however, probably most noticeable is support for hotkeys.
Oh, and if you want to work around the problem temporarily the easiest thing to do is to unload the hp_wmi module (sudo rmmod hp_wmi). You can make it persist across reboots by adding the line 'blacklist hp_wmi' to /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf. You will loose some functionality however, probably most noticeable is support for hotkeys.