Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 Version: 2.6.12-1 (and I suspect also later kernels)
Hardware Environment: HP nx6125 (AMD Turion ML 34, ATI Radeon express 200M chipset, onboard ATI X300) Software Environment: Kernel 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8, Debian amd64 (testing/unstable), WM = KDE 3.4.2. Problem Description: clock/timer runs twice as fast as it should. This is kernel bug #3927. There is a patch available on bugzilla.kernel.org which works for the amd64 port (Matthew Garrett's patch, see http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=6061&action=view). I have been using this patch for some time on vanilla kernel 2.6.13.4 with success and I believe that it has been incorporated into the Ubuntu Breezy kernels (see discussion on bugzilla.ubuntu.com bug# 18164), but has not made it into the above Debian kernel. On the HP nx6125 this has the side effect of setting all thermal trip points to 16 degrees C, consequently the CPU frequency is scaled to 800MHz and the machine runs glacially slowly. Temporary workaround: boot with no_timer_check. (Booting with noapic on the HP nx6125 gives a kernel panic on boot.) -- Richard Mace School of Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus Durban 4041, South Africa Tel.: +27 (0)31 260 1402 FAX: +27 (0)31 261 6550 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find our disclaimer at http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer -------------------------------------------------------------------- <<<<gwavasig>>>> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
