Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 08:56:47 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: systat -- "The alternate system clock has died"... Message-ID: <19990903085647.A90511@chuggalug.clues.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909020136230.358-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>; from Jaye Mathisen on Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 01:43:32AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909020136230.358-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 01:43:32AM -0700, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > Hmph. Fired up systat on a recently supped 3.2-stable box (aug 30). > Typed :vm, and the screen cleared, it drew the labels, then sat there for > a few seconds, then said: > > "The alternate system clock has died, reverting to pigs display". > > However, that display shows no useful info either. :netstat works, > :iostat works :icmp works, but pigs and :vmstat are no shows. > > Anybody else seeing this? Or is it make world time again...? > > It works fine on a box supped in july and Aug 24th... > > It's an ASUS P2B-DS MB. (The july box and this box, are both dual CPU, > the August 24th box is a single processor.) > > Is this an SMP box? Possible with an ASUS board? If so it will probably work with a non SMP kernel. If all of the above is true try searching the lists for that error message and SMP and ASUS or combinations there of for solutions the cleanest allthough I have never tried it seemed to be to flash the BIOS to a pre Y2K fix version (You are probably better of trusting the archives than my memory as to which version this was) -- GeoffB > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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