> > > > > > > I'm running an amd64 athlon x2 2.6ghz with 2gb ram and video
> > > > > > > playback stutters if I try to play a video after the system has
> > > > > > > been running for awhile, even after closing all programs.
> > > > > > > Restarting always fixes it.  How would you track this down?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - Grant
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Look at your RAM usage with "free -m" (the second line is
> > > > > > interesting).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Look at your log files (especially dmesg) for anything suspicious.
> > > > > > Maybe your graphic card's driver fell back to a compatibility mode
> > > > > > or something like that.
> > > > >
> > > > > or (in case of NVIDIA) it has thrown a 'Xid' error - after that you
> > > > > can be called lucky if video works at all ...
> >
> > No Xid error.  I did have this:
> >
> > warning: many lost ticks
> > Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interrupts
>
> ok, do you have a working hpet? or do you have compiled pm-timer support into
> your kernel (you should)? and set hdparm -u1 for your ide devices?

There is no mention of hpet in dmesg or lspci, but I do have:

CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
CONFIG_HZ=1000

Where can I find pm-timer support in the kernel?  There doesn't seem
to be a mention of it in .config.  I'm using
hardened-sources-2.6.20-r6.

I just set up hdparm with:

all_args="-d1 -u1"

and added it to the default runlevel.  Any other args I should add?

- Grant
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