Re: [2.4.17rc1] fatal problem: system time suddenly changes

[Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@freenet.de>]

Hello Wim,


Wim Coekaerts wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 07:17:09PM +0100, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> 
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I'm running kernel 2.4.17rc1 and I detected suddenly changes of
>>systemtime. I saw it in KDE and tested it afterwards in a konsole. I
>>repeated as fast as possible the date program as following:
>>
>>This problem appears not directly after reboot but some time after
>>reboot. The time when it appears after reboot is different. I can't say
>>it's after 3 hours or 10 hours. It suddenly appears and doesn't
>>disappear. I have to reboot the system to get rid of the problem.
>>
> 
> Does it start shortly after or during heavy disk io ?
> 
> I have had this with a via chipset board as well, always occured with lots of disk io.
> 

Yes, it's a VIA board. I thought, it could be depending on disk io. But 
I have the problem without havy disk io, too.
Another thing I suspect is the memory usage: If the memory (only RAM) is 
used at about one hundred percent, it seems to be more likely.
On the other hand, I can force the problem by doing some restarts of X 
directly after rebooting (about ten or twenty times). The memory usage 
is at this moment very low.


Regards,
Andreas