[WBEL-users] Fast system clock

[john at grumpet.net]

Does this happen to be a dual-core CPU?

John

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Francies Moore wrote:

> Hi
>
> An update on the above ( have been busy elsewhere so have only just come back 
> to it).
>
> clock=pit or clock=tsc worked about equally to make the system usable, 
> although even with ntp running there was a 'creep' of about 10 minutes over 
> 12 hours. pmtmr did not make much difference to the high speed.
>
> As typing in a terminal produced repeating keys making working with it 
> impossible, I had to reboot to change grub.conf, using an earlier kernel.
>
> Now the system is spraying SMART errors so looks like a replacement HD is 
> necessary.... it's a Maxtor.... arghhh .
>
> Probably will put WBEL3 respin2 or CentOS 3.1 on any new HD as I have them 
> both to hand. And maybe a new m/b battery. If I can get it working 
> satisfactorily it will live only on an internal network so a 3 version should 
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Francies
>> 
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:10:54 +0000
>> From: Francies Moore <liz at indract.freeserve.co.uk>
>> Subject: [WBEL-users] Fast system clock
>> To: ssilva at sgvwater.com, whitebox-users at beau.org
>> Message-ID: <45E0395E.5030102 at indract.freeserve.co.uk>
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>> 
>>> Is the CentOS install running the same kernel version as the Whitebox 
>>> install
>>> was running?
>>>
>>> 
>> Hi Scott
>> 
>> It was running the latest 2.6.9.42 kernel from CentOS but I have reverted 
>> it to the original WBEL kernel 2.6.9(whatever - sorry the box isn't here) 
>> and the time then stayed nearer to being correct, although it was slowly 
>> gaining when I left it last night.
>> 
>> Incidentally Knoppix 3.8.1 was unusable on this box as it was "too fast" - 
>> each keypress caused immediate repeating and so even the shell could not be 
>> used (kernel 2.6.11).
>> 
>> Looks like I have a box which don't like kernel 2.6... Maybe I should try 
>> WBEL3 or CentOS 3 on it next week (or FC1) - it would be nice to be able to 
>> deploy this system usefully.
>> 
>> (I will post my Up2date errors later so as not to confuse the issue!)
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Francies
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:49:20 -0600
>> From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>
>> Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Fast system clock
>> To: WhiteBox Users <whitebox-users at beau.org>
>> Message-ID: <1172335760.26284.83.camel at myth.home.local>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> 
>> On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 13:10 +0000, Francies Moore wrote:
>> 
>>>> Is the CentOS install running the same kernel version as the Whitebox 
>>>> install
>>>> was running?
>>>>
>>>> 
>>> Hi Scott
>>> 
>>> It was running the latest 2.6.9.42 kernel from CentOS but I have reverted 
>>> it to the original WBEL kernel 2.6.9(whatever - sorry the box isn't here) 
>>> and the time then stayed nearer to being correct, although it was slowly 
>>> gaining when I left it last night.
>>> 
>>> Incidentally Knoppix 3.8.1 was unusable on this box as it was "too fast" - 
>>> each keypress caused immediate repeating and so even the shell could not 
>>> be used (kernel 2.6.11).
>>> 
>>> Looks like I have a box which don't like kernel 2.6... Maybe I should try 
>>> WBEL3 or CentOS 3 on it next week (or FC1) - it would be nice to be able 
>>> to deploy this system usefully.
>>> 
>>> (I will post my Up2date errors later so as not to confuse the issue!)
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Francies
>>> 
>> 
>> clock=pit
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> clock=pmtmr
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> clock=tsc
>> 
>> on the kernel line might help (tsc is the default)
>> 
>> http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/329/1420_f.SAL_Public.html
>> 
>> (that link is for vmware, but it is applicable to normal machines too)
>> 
>> also check for updated bios from the motherboard manufacturer.
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