Re: 2.6.16.1 & D state processes

Mike Galbraith
2006-04-20T06:44:35Z

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 15:54 +1000, Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:
> A couple of interesting things I've noticed after its
> recovery:
> 1. Executing "time sleep 1", takes more than 1 second.
> It reports real as 3 to 5 seconds, while my stop watch
> measures it as closer to 50 seconds.

Ah. Something bad happened to time keeping, and that likely screwed up
(time dependent) io, not the other way around.

> 2. Pressing & holding a key at the console doesn't
> produce repeating characters.
>
> Thought they might shed some light on the problem. (I
> ought to look at all the RTC & Time related settings
> between my minimal .config & FC5's, for I believe
> they're connected.)

Good idea. What time source are you using? I'd try plain old pit.

-Mike

(As an aside, I suspect you're going to find that you've got dodgy
hardware.)