Bug#312973: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686: everything is drifting, actually
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 09:09:05PM -0500, Chris Howie wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686
> Version: 2.6.11-5
> Followup-For: Bug #312973
>
> As it turns out, anything that depends on syncing with time is drifting
> ahead. This means that my MP3s are playing faster than usual -- which
> affects their speed (duh) and their pitch (ugh). My guess is that the
> system clock and XMMS are depending on some sort of interrupt to update
> X seconds, and the interrupt is firing too fast. (Layman's guess; I'm
> no expert on the kernel.)
Sounds like the kernel isn't accessing the hardware RTC properly.
Sadly, I'm not an expert there either.
Could you send the output of lspci -v, dmesg, that might help shed
some light on it. I'd also play around with hwclock a bit.
--
Horms
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