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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 10:44:02PM +0200, Folken wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have a 12" powerbook with gentoo running 2.4.21 from the ppc-sources. |
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> While most things run fine, I am having difficulties with a very |
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> undiscplined clock. It runs fast and sometimes slow... I am not dual |
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> booting with OSX so that shouldn't be an issue either. I have also |
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> removed NTPD from the startup scripts. |
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> In the kernel the /dev/nvram and advanced rtc are disabled. |
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> after removing /etc/adjtime and setting the clock up with utc and the |
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> /etc/localtime as well to utc, i still get major drift: |
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> cat /etc/adjtime |
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> -86399.772241 1065167583 0.000000 |
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> 1065167583 |
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> UTC |
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> The time seems to vary from boot up to boot up. Also I am unsure wheter |
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> the cpu frequency which, readjusts itself when i plug the device, might |
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> affect the clock speed. |
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> Does anybody have anything I could try, or maybe even got it working? |
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Just to confirm that you aren't alone, the clock on my 12" powerbook |
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runs extremely fast. I also wondered whether it had anything to do |
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with /proc/cpufreq. |
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Jacob Smullyan |