I'm another one living in fear; it hasn't happened yet, but a resolution on this would be nice.
My setup is: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A09 Dapper, 2.6.15-23-386, on Insprion 6400 Could it be BIOS version dependent? I noticed over on the ubuntu forums, there is a thread, but nobody seems to have heard about the issue. http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=264976&highlight=bios+clock+stopped -- Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs