Hi, I don`t know if it`s the same problem, but I had similar troubles on an old computer running kernel 2.6. It could be solved by disabling acpi.
Am Montag, 16. Mai 2005 14:02 schrieb nx: > I find that my linux box's time always runs faster than real time. > > This is the trouble: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ LANG=C uptime > 19:17:58 up 3 days, 23:44, 1 user, load average: 0.27, 0.21, 0.24 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ LANG=C date > Mon May 16 19:18:17 CST 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ LANG=C hwclock > Mon May 16 18:59:42 2005 -0.271290 seconds > > I double checked the 2 time with other clocks, the hwclock is accurate. > The system clock gets about 18.5 minutes faster after 3 day running. > > I noticed this problem several days ago.And I have googled about it, an > article saying kernel timer 3 times faster. But its solution seems not > suitable for me. > > And I have checked that, it does not exist when kernel is 2.4.xx version. > It must be a kernel related problem, now I am using 2.6.11.7 kernel for > that 18.5 minutes faster after 3 day. > Knoppix 3.8.1, slax 5.0.x get same result: system get 2-3 minutes faster > after 6-8 hour running. > > I have tried to address down the problem, but it seems to hard for an > average user. > I think it's adjtimx's job to control the system clock's speed. But I can > not figure out what parameters to give. And arch linux does not provide it. > Or more directly, the system clock speed is reflected from one of the > files in /proc/sys or /sys, maybe that clock's speed can be tuned by write > a number into a file there. /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq and > /sys/block/hda/queue/iosched/est_time may be. But I am not sure of their > meaning. /sys/devices/system/timer/timer0 is an empty directory, then what > is it for? > > Some other information about my machine(this may help to trackdown the > problem): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 6 > model : 10 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ > stepping : 0 > cpu MHz : 1830.099 > cache size : 512 KB > physical id : 0 > siblings : 1 > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse pni syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow > bogomips : 3620.86 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1) > 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev c1) > 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1) > 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev c1) > 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev c1) > 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev c1) > 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0060 (rev a4) > 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0064 (rev a2) > 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0067 (rev a4) > 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0067 (rev a4) > 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0068 (rev a4) > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0066 (rev > a1) > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia > audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a1) > 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3) > 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0065 (rev a2) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e8 (rev c1) > 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 168c:001a (rev 01) > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device > 5961 (rev 01) > 02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5941 (rev > 01) > > I am running faster to year 2038, another Y2K day. ^_^ > It is very kind of you to help me get knowledge about linux internal. :) > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch -- Pierre Schmitz http://archlinux.laber-land.de _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
