Hello, this is my first time I've ever posted on this list. If you need further info, do not hesitate, as I would love to get this matter solved!
######## The problem: Time increases faster than normal (which in turn makes timestamps in logfiles go crazy). I've been using ubuntu linux since dapper drake (6.06), ubuntu linux edgy (6.10) and now ubuntu linux feisty fawn (7.04). I have noticed that upon using ubuntu linux feisty fawn, the time in "date" command shifts (increases gradually and faster than normal) while the pc is turned on. I use gnome desktop and in the time panel of gnome it shows the date normally after a "refresh" of time using the command: sudo ntpdate time.nist.gov ntp.nasa.gov Yet after some time (when ntpd is disabled, even when it is enabled sometimes) the problem reappears after a while, the time in "date" command and in gnome time panel after some hours is way ahead than normal. I did not and do not have this problem in windows xp nor in earlier ubuntu versions (I have tried a format of the root partition, installed an earlier version of ubuntu linux - edgy 6.10 - and the time was kept almost perfect! Then reinstalled ubuntu feisty 7.04 and the time problem/bug reappeared) I assume something changed in ubuntu linux feisty faw 7.04 causes this bug to appear, maybe motherboard related or something else. The full story of the possible bug is here as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/104091 I have attached a clock.log.tar.gz, which contains a clock.log file. clock.log was produced by this: hwclock && date Example of the format is: hwclock: Wed 13 Jun 2007 06:45:55 PM CEST -0.093260 seconds date: Wed Jun 13 18:30:01 CEST 2007 I used crontab to log the output of hwclock && date every 5 minutes, giving me the freedom to further analyse it and prove my theory. Notice how the time in the output of date command increases faster almost every time. ######## Specifications (using sysinfo): SYSTEM INFORMATION Running Ubuntu Linux, the 4.0 release. GNOME: 2.18.1 (Ubuntu 2007-04-10) Kernel version: 2.6.20-16-generic (#2 SMP Wed May 23 01:46:23 UTC 2007) (Version: 2.6.20-16.29) GCC: 4.1.2 (i486-linux-gnu) Xorg: 7.2.0 (04 April 2007) Hostname: ubuntu Uptime: 3 days 2 h 51 min CPU INFORMATION AuthenticAMD, AMD Sempron(tm) 2500+ Number of CPUs: 1 CPU clock currently at 1750.066 MHz with 256 KB cache Numbering: family(6) model(8) stepping(1) Bogomips: 3502.87 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts MEMORY INFORMATION Total memory: 503 MB Total swap: 996 MB STORAGE INFORMATION Primary Master /dev/hda - disk Model: Maxtor 6L080L0 Capacity: 80 GB Cache: 2.048 MB Primary Master /dev/hdb - cdrom Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D Capacity: no media SCSI device - scsi1 Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD800JD-00MS HARDWARE INFORMATION MOTHERBOARD Host bridge nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) PCI bridge(s) nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) USB controller(s) nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) ISA bridge nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 5700 IDE interface nVidia Corporation nForce2 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 5700 GRAPHIC CARD VGA controller nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 027d SOUND CARD Multimedia controller nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 0080 NETWORK NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION Model name: GeForce 6600 GT Card Type: AGP 8x Video RAM: 128 MB GPU Frequency: 300 MHz Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 1.0-9755 Mon Feb 26 23:21:15 PST 2007
clock.log.tar.gz
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