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Date:      Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:06:52 -0700
From:      Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
To:        Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: The clock is running too fast
Message-ID:  <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABMEBFCIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
In-Reply-To: <200403191246.46219.satimis@icare.com.hk>

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Hola,

I had a similar problem on one of the machines at work.  Here is a memo I
made to myself to remind me of how to fix the problem in the future:

The "ACPI-safe" Timecounter does not work (it is way, WAY too fast).  To get
around this, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf:

kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254

There are multiple pieces of hardware capable of supplying timing
information to the OS.  "dmesg | grep Timecounter" should give you a list of
all such devices.

I think this is an ACPI-related problem, since that is the technology I
understand the least at the moment.  :)

-Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu
Sent: March 18, 2004 21:47
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: The clock is running too fast


Hi folks,

AMD CUP
FreeBSD 5.2

The clock on KDE desktop is running on double speed compelling me to adjust
it
periodically.  Kindly advise how to fix this problem.

TIA

B.R.
Stephen Liu

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