Am Dienstag, 15. August 2006 10:51 schrieb Matteo Vescovi: > Hi Hans! > > On 08/15/2006 06:27 AM, Hans wrote: > > Sorry, I maybe did not ask correctly. It is not the problem, that the > > time is not shown correctly. The background is, that other timings are > > running in double speed, too (i.e. keyboard clock and some other). This > > is a known problem on AMD mobile processors and was discussed in earlier > > days. The solution of it, was to add "disable_timer_pin_1" in the boot > > vcommand on grub or lilo. Now I read about adding "noapictimer" should > > solve this, too. My question aimed to an technical answer, if the > > commands "disable_timer_pin_1" and "noapictimer" are doing the same, or > > if they both solve the mentioned problem in different ways. > > > > My hope was, someone knows, as I find there no answer in the web. > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Hans > > First of all, which kernel version are you using?? > I had (as many others) the same problem with my HP laptop based on the > ATI Xpress200M chipset. So, at the time of 2.6.15, I had to add > "disable_timer_pin_1" to the grub parameters not to have a double timing > of almost everything (but you already knew that). > Now, starting with ker 2.6.16, the bug about wrong timing has been > corrected directly in the kernel, so using this kernel version or above > you won't need the explicit definition of that param anymore. Hey, this is a new information ! Cool ! My adding was of the tim eof 2.6.15 indeed. I did not know, that this is fixed now. I am running kernel 2.6.17 on my notebook Acer Aspire 5020
> Hope it could help. > Oh yes, it does ! Great ! Thanks ! > Greetings. > > mfv > > > -- > Matteo Vescovi > System Administrator > Studio Vescovi Progettazioni regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]