Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266310AbUIAMdw (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:33:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266304AbUIAMdv (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:33:51 -0400 Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:4525 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266310AbUIAMcz (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:32:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:32:31 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Romain Moyne Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Time runs exactly three times too fast Message-ID: <20040901123231.GA10829@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Romain Moyne , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200409021453.09730.aero_climb@yahoo.fr> <200409021614.10377.aero_climb@yahoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200409021614.10377.aero_climb@yahoo.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1753 Lines: 41 On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:14:09PM +0200, Romain Moyne wrote: > Le Mercredi 01 Septembre 2004 14:15, Zwane Mwaikambo a ?crit?: > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Romain Moyne wrote: > > > Hello, I'm french, sorry for my bad english :( > > > > > > I have a problem with my kernel: Time runs exactly three times too fast. > > > > > > I tested the kernel 2.6.8.1 and the 2.6.9-rc1, no success. > > > It is really strange because yesterday I reinstalled my debian with a > > > kernel 2.6.8.1 (made by me): Time ran correctly. And this morning when I > > > rebooted my computer (Compaq presario R3000 series, R3215EA exactly) the > > > time is running again three times too fast (with the kernel 2.6.8.1 and > > > 2.6.9-rc1). > > > > > > All my applications (KDE, command "date"...) runs three times too fast. > > > It's very annoying. > > > > Can you try this without cpuspeed or some frequency control daemon > > running? So disable it in runlevel scripts and then reboot. > > I have not cpuspeed or some frequency control daemon running. I just have > this: > > presario:/etc/rc2.d# ls > S10sysklogd S20alsa S20makedev S20xprint S99kdm S99xdm > S11klogd S20exim4 S20pcmcia S89atd S99rmnologin > S14ppp S20inetd S20xfs S89cron S99stop-bootlogd > presario:/etc/rc2.d# Do you get any messages prefixed with 'cpufreq' or 'powernow' in your dmesg output ? Do you have files in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq ? If so, what do they contain? Dave - 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/