2.4.1-ac$x and timer oddities

Richard A Nelson (cowboy@vnet.ibm.com)
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:57:09 -0500 (EST)


The machine boots and runs for some time without problems, but then
something makes the clock *very* jittery:

* xscreensaver kicks in after almost no time (even betwixt quick
keystrokes and in the middle of mouse movement), and the password prompt
timer zips down to nothing post haste
* neworking apps gets a time-out on almost all connections (netscape, ftp, etc)
* It can take quite a while for focus to change after moving the mouse
* The machine will hang (hard - CAD or SYSREQ B do nothing) after a
variable amount of time (>8 hours)

I think this may've even started at 2.4.0, but seems to have gotten
worse recently.

Linux badlands.lexington.ibm.com 2.4.1-ac13 #7 Wed Feb 14 11:41:50 EST
2001 i686 unknown

Gnu C 2.95.3
Gnu make 3.79.1
binutils 2.10.1.0.2
util-linux 2.10q
modutils 2.4.1
e2fsprogs 1.19
PPP 2.4.0
Linux C Library 2.2.2
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.58
Console-tools 0.2.3
Sh-utils 2.0.11
Modules Loaded nfs lockd sunrpc ipx af_packet netlink_dev
softdog olympic dummy0 usbcore maestro3 soundcore ac97_codec ipchains
eeprom sensors i2c-viapro i2c-core agpgart ipv6 unix

I have apm and acpi compiled in, but turned off:

Found and enabled local APIC!
mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=308 reboot=w apm=off acpi=off console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
CPU: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd7ec, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent
PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0596] at 00:02.0
Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14)
apm: disabled on user request.
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 11
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596b (rev 12) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci00:02.1
ACPI: Disabled

$ /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library stable release version 2.2.2, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 1992-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease).
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.2-pre2 system on 2001-02-12.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
linuxthreads-0.9 by Xavier Leroy
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to <bugs@gnu.org>.

XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 18 December 2000

-- 
Rick Nelson
Life'll kill ya                         -- Warren Zevon
Then you'll be dead                     -- Life'll kill ya

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