fc5 hangs

[David L]

>>>>>>>Two days in a row my fc5 computer has frozen soon after I start using 
>>>>>>>it in the morning.
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>>However, I have more information about the problem.  I think I 
>>>>misdiagnosed the problem...
>>>>it appears that the mouse/keyboard are not completely unresponsive... 
>>>>they're are just
>>>>responding extremely slowly.

I think I've discovered an important clue.?  I noticed the time
was frequently way off when this problem occurred, so I tried
cat /proc/interrupts | grep timer

The timer interrupt is incrementing very slowly.  Instead of
1000 Hz it's incrementing about once or twice per minute.  What
would cause that?  I had ntpd running, but I killed it.

Thanks...
                    David

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