On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 13:30, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > On Wednesday 29 October 2003 19:23, Ron Jr wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 12:05, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have a problem on my laptop. Almost every time its running on > > > batteries the time runs twice or more as fast as it should. It almost > > > everytime happens if i plug AC on while its running... Im sure thats a > > > stepping problem (laptops runns at higher freq with ac plugged in). Is > > > there a way to fix this. Linux has to know when the CPU stepps to > > > recalculate the time. I use kernel 2.6.0-test8 with SID. > > > > I guess that rebooting the PC would drain too much battery? > > > Dont understand your answer... The laptups time often runs too fast if it > starts in battery mode (and no ac will be pugged in).
Oh, sorry. When I read "Linux has to know when the CPU stepps to recalculate the time", I thought you meant that the kernel didn't know that the frequency had changed while running. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Great Inventors of our time: Al Gore -> Internet Sun Microsystems -> Clusters -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
