Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:58:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:58:03 -0500 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.101]:60090 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:57:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:57:09 -0500 (EST) From: Richard A Nelson X-X-Sender: To: Subject: 2.4.1-ac$x and timer oddities Message-ID: X-No-Markup: yes x-No-ProductLinks: yes x-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The machine boots and runs for some time without problems, but then something makes the clock *very* jittery: * xscreensaver kicks in after almost no time (even betwixt quick keystrokes and in the middle of mouse movement), and the password prompt timer zips down to nothing post haste * neworking apps gets a time-out on almost all connections (netscape, ftp, etc) * It can take quite a while for focus to change after moving the mouse * The machine will hang (hard - CAD or SYSREQ B do nothing) after a variable amount of time (>8 hours) I think this may've even started at 2.4.0, but seems to have gotten worse recently. Linux badlands.lexington.ibm.com 2.4.1-ac13 #7 Wed Feb 14 11:41:50 EST 2001 i686 unknown Gnu C 2.95.3 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.10.1.0.2 util-linux 2.10q modutils 2.4.1 e2fsprogs 1.19 PPP 2.4.0 Linux C Library 2.2.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.58 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Modules Loaded nfs lockd sunrpc ipx af_packet netlink_dev softdog olympic dummy0 usbcore maestro3 soundcore ac97_codec ipchains eeprom sensors i2c-viapro i2c-core agpgart ipv6 unix I have apm and acpi compiled in, but turned off: Found and enabled local APIC! mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000) Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=308 reboot=w apm=off acpi=off console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 CPU: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03 Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd7ec, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0596] at 00:02.0 Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14) apm: disabled on user request. VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 11 VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596b (rev 12) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci00:02.1 ACPI: Disabled $ /lib/libc.so.6 GNU C Library stable release version 2.2.2, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 1992-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Compiled by GNU CC version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease). Compiled on a Linux 2.4.2-pre2 system on 2001-02-12. Available extensions: GNU libio by Per Bothner crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others linuxthreads-0.9 by Xavier Leroy BIND-8.2.3-T5B libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to . XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 18 December 2000 -- Rick Nelson Life'll kill ya -- Warren Zevon Then you'll be dead -- Life'll kill ya - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/