On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:04:50PM -0500, William Herrin wrote: > On 12/27/05, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is this kernel problem, how does it manifest? Which branch, 2.4 or > > 2.6? > > > > I don't know if this is the same problem you're looking for, but here are > the symptoms I've seen for kernels 2.6.11 and 2.6.12: > > On a Sparc netra X1, the system partially freezes (some stuff continues > running but at least one of the operations necessary to log in gets stuck). > The logs show that as of the moment of the freeze, the clock has jumped > forward exactly 3 days, 6 hours, > 11 minutes and 15 seconds. The change is not gradual; it jumps between > syslog marks set a minute apart.
Same problem occurs occasionally on my Blade 100 (same CPU) with custom build 2.6.9. When the time is jumping 3 days and 6 hours, some things still work, but usually things which involve a shell are so incredibly slow that I give up hope and just reset the machine. I have to admit that it's been a long while since I had the strange time jump. For some reason, the system now seems to just freeze every now and again. I don't know if all those freezes are related to the strange time jump; sometimes I can't even move the mouse pointer and I don't find anything in syslog. I don't know the situation is with 2.6.8 or with 2.6.10 or newer. I don't use 2.6.11 and newer since those have problems with the framebuffer / Xorg (2.6.14 from Debian fixes a lot, but there are still some issues). This e-mail might sound a bit as a complaint, but I really do appreciate all the hard work you are doing. Best regards, Admar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
