Ben -- OK. I ran it twice, as shown below, on my new Dell OptiPlex GX620 Mini-Tower: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 650 with HT (3.4GHz, 2M, 800MHz FSB). I'm running Dapper 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:00 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
As far as I can tell, the new information that -D reveals is that it gave the same number of seconds since 1969 both times, even though it says it '...got clock tick' after it says that the select() timed out. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# hwclock -D hwclock from util-linux-2.12r Using /dev/rtc interface to clock. Last drift adjustment done at 1121000000 seconds after 1969 Last calibration done at 1121000000 seconds after 1969 Hardware clock is on UTC time Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time. Waiting for clock tick... select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out ...got clock tick [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux manche 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:00 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# hwclock -D hwclock from util-linux-2.12r Using /dev/rtc interface to clock. Last drift adjustment done at 1121000000 seconds after 1969 Last calibration done at 1121000000 seconds after 1969 Hardware clock is on UTC time Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time. Waiting for clock tick... select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out ...got clock tick [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# I ran the above tests after I pulled the battery out of the motherboard, waited a few hours, put it back in, and reset all the BIOS options and rtc, just in case there was some sort of corruption there, as noted in other bug reports. It didn't make any difference. I'm glad you're upgrading the status of this bug to critical. I agree that it's pretty serious. I can't keep the machine's rtc synchronized with real time, which ultimately will make a variety of messes (e.g. CVS). Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The debian bug is not the same one as this. It describes a hang on Dell > laptops in hwclock, which is worked around by using --directisa. Out > problem isn't a hang. > > I'd be interested if someone could tell me the output of this command: > > sudo hwclock -D > > This should provide more informationa bout what is going on. > > ** Changed in: util-linux (Debian) > Importance: Unknown => Untriaged > Bugwatch: Debian Bug tracker #277298 => None > > ** Changed in: util-linux (Debian) > Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected > > -- > Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops > https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745 > > > -- -- Steve Steven R. Newcomb, Consultant Coolheads Consulting Co-editor, Topic Maps International Standard (ISO/IEC 13250) Co-editor, draft Topic Maps -- Reference Model (ISO/IEC 13250-5) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coolheads.com direct: +1 540 951 9773 main: +1 540 951 9774 fax: +1 540 951 9775 208 Highview Drive Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 USA (Confidential to all US government personnel to whom this private letter is not addressed and who are reading it in the absence of a specific search warrant: You are violating the law and you are co-conspiring to subvert the Constitution that you are sworn to defend. You can either refuse to commit this crime, or you can expect to suffer criminal sanctions in the future, when the current administration of the United States of America has been replaced by one that respects the rule of law. I do not envy you for having to make this difficult choice, but I urge you to make it wisely.) -- Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
