On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र <o.s....@guruvision.com> wrote:
> <snip> > >> I am also wondering if this has got anything to do with *TSC clock > >> source unstable* message that i am getting for last few days... > >> which maybe related to cmos battery? But can that battery cause a > >> problem when i am on M.S.E.D.C.L supply ? > > > > Once the machine is booted, cmos battery doesn't come into play AFAIK. > Its > > main job is to keep the clock running while the machine is off. When the > > machine is running linux, the OS keeps updating the time. > > > http://step2k.blogsome.com/2007/12/13/clock-in-a-linux-guest-runs-more-slowly-or-quickly-than-real-time/ > > this is an interesting post on TSC matter... and i am wondering about it > now... > Hi, Did you try passing 'notsc' to the kernel at boot ? I *guess* the problem might be that, your processor is throttling frequency transparently to the kernel. Another suggestion would be to try disabling frequency scaling related modules/services. HTH... Best regards, Pranav http://pranavsbrain.peshwe.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to plug-mail-requ...@plug.org.in for mailing instructions.