Bug#300083: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: problemes with the clock on a mac mini

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 11:15:18PM +0100, Nils Bruenggel wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
> Version: 2.6.8-11
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> I have noticed that the clock in the evening differs about 15 min
> from the actual time. My mac mini runs 24/7 with ntpdate running daily
> to sync the clock.
> 
> I also noticed that hwclock does not work at all for example:
> 
>     [ linapple ~ # ntpdate time.ethz.ch
>     17 Mar 16:11:00 ntpdate[21647]: step time server 129.132.97.15 offset
>     -25169.568464 sec
>     [ linapple ~ # date
>     Thu Mar 17 16:11:02 CET 2005
>     [ linapple ~ # hwclock --show
>     time in rtc is Thu Mar 17 23:10:37 2005
>     [ linapple ~ # date
>     Thu Mar 17 23:10:41 CET 2005
> 
> 
> [ linapple ~ # hwclock --show sets the clock to the hwclcok, just
> hwclcok does the same. I also cannot set the hwclock (--systohc).

Can you try the 2.6.11 kernels from :

  http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.6.11

And confirm that this problem is still present there or not ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther