For no apparent reason: ... Feb 26 00:15:50 abit xntpd[886]: synchronized to 192.6.38.127, stratum=1 Feb 26 00:19:52 abit kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a. Feb 26 00:19:52 abit kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration. Feb 26 00:26:53 abit xntpd[886]: synchronized to 132.239.254.5, stratum=2 ... Anyone have a clue about the 'probable hdw bug' messages? No disk activity to speak of, no other symptoms and/or messages. rgds, tim. # cat proc/version; lspci Linux version 2.2.19pre8+IDE (root@abit) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #8 Thu Feb 22 18:12:29 PST 2001 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0391 (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8391 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 22) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10) 00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30) 00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 Controller 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TNT2 Model 64 (rev 11) -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/