Tis occurs alson on edgy with an dell inspiron 640m . To fix remove de cell battery : instructions found here http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins640m/en/SM/coinbatt.htm#wp1123661
and run the bios setup to set new values . but is there a fix for under edgy ? -- 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