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Re: Really fast clock (diagnosed?)



On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:12:18 -0600, Rob Brenart (TT)
<Rob.Brenart@tradingtechnologies.com> wrote:
> I think I finally tracked down the why... though I haven't yet confirmed this, nor figured out a fix.
> 
> I believe when I switched from apt-get to aptitude it decided I needed acpi functionality. Well, that's all fine and good, but I use APM... so I think now when I wake up after 20 minutes of sleep, APM forwards the clock 20 minutes, and then ACPI does the same thing.
> 
> Or perhaps I did something else to get them both running, a setting when I last compiled my kernel perhaps?
> 
> Does anyone know how I can verify/fix this problem?
> 
> Are

ACPI support is compiled in the kernel yes, and it is put in use by
running a kernel which grabs ACPI events and acts on them (acpid). So
if this is indeed the problem, just remove acpid (if it's installed)
and see what happens.

greets,
Wim



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