Re: [2.4.17rc1] fatal problem: system time suddenly changes

Andreas Hartmann (andihartmann@freenet.de)
Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:51:10 +0100


Hello Marcelo,

thank you for your reply!

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> Andreas,
>
> I have no idea why this is happening.
>
> Could you please 2.4.16 ?
>

It's with all 2.4.x-kernels. The only ones working fine have been the
ac-patches.

When running the ac-patches, I often got the following message in
/var/log/messages. I put them as example here, that you can see, how
often it appears:

Oct 7 10:36:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:36:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:36:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:36:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:36:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:36:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:36:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:36:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:37:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:37:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:38:02 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:38:02 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:45:54 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:45:54 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:02 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:02 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:05 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:05 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:13 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:13 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:27 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:27 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:28 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:28 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:35 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:35 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:46:59 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:46:59 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:04 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:12 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:12 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:36 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:36 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:40 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:40 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:47:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:47:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:03 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:03 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:09 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:09 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:10 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:11 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:11 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:30 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:30 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:32 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:32 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:36 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:36 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:48 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:48 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:50 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:50 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 10:48:56 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 10:48:56 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 11:05:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 11:05:45 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 11:06:15 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 11:06:15 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 11:06:17 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 11:06:17 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 7 11:20:42 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 7 11:20:42 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Oct 29 10:44:26 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Oct 29 10:44:26 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I'm running kernel 2.4.17rc1 and I detected suddenly changes of
>>systemtime. I saw it in KDE and tested it afterwards in a konsole. I
>>repeated as fast as possible the date program as following:
>>

Regards,
Andreas

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