From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264137AbUCZVGp (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:06:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264135AbUCZVGp (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:06:45 -0500 Received: from dhcp18-183.bio.purdue.edu ([128.210.18.183]:52097 "EHLO lapdog.ravenhome.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264140AbUCZVGk convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:06:40 -0500 From: Praedor Atrebates To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: system clock too fast Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:13:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200403261713.04401.praedor@yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have mandrake 10.0, kernel-2.6.3-7mdk on my desktop Athlon XP2700+ system and on my IBM Thinkpad 1412 (celeron 366). The distro/kernel works fine on the desktop but on the Thinkpad, the system clock is flying at about 3x normal speed. I upgraded from the default install kernel-2.6.3-4mdk in the hopes that the upgrade would fix my system clock problem. It didn't. On my laptop I had to slow the keyboard repeat rate WAY down to make typing possible. Later, I noticed that timed events were happening way too soon. Checking my clock, I can see the seconds tick away at about 3 system seconds/real second. Both with and without ntpd running (and properly configured) the clock runs away. I have checked and the system properly identifies the CPU as a celeron 366, so the clock rate isn't "real" or coming from the bios. I cannot change the clock in bios in any case. I saw in the kernel archives that this problem was brought up with regards to a 2.4.x kernel (and there was also mention of a 2.5.x test kernel with the same results). Can anyone shed light on this problem? Better yet, is there a fix? praedor - -- "George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants." - --Barbara Bush, his mother -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAZKrvSTapoRk9vv8RAkIgAJ964QaR333kAiDhztHApmC2nZjaNgCgoIOy e6tDC2ntIQ/lk9ob2RdMji0= =r3Zk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----