From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 10:48:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC9A116A4B3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web14106.mail.yahoo.com (web14106.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 51DDE43F75 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:48:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arya90@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20031012174849.16826.qmail@web14106.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.122.34.213] by web14106.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:48:49 PDT Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:48:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Arya Nasha To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44smm6c9tf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Scrolling messages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: arya90@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:48:51 -0000 Thanks a lot. Got a similar response from "Peter Elsner" Cheers, Arya --- Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Arya Nasha writes: > > > On FreeBSD 4.8-20030810-STABLE: > > > > After i recompiled the kernel with support > > for a few wireless ethernet interfaces, I > > am now getting continuously scrolling messages > > in /var/log/messages : > > > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.271062 -> 9808.243817) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.271062 -> 9808.249396) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.282351 -> 9808.237299) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.282351 -> 9808.249313) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.291282 -> 9808.254811) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.300854 -> 9808.255157) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.311713 -> 9808.275242) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.311713 -> 9808.282668) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.311713 -> 9808.294897) > > Oct 5 19:14:59 localhost /kernel: microuptime() > went > > backwards (9808.311713 -> 9808.304468) > > . > > . > > . > > etc > > > > I have killed xntpd, and timed, yet the messages > > continue unabated. > > > > > > What did I do do wrong? > > There are interrupts interfering with timekeeping. > You should try disabling APM... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com