Slow system clock (Re: Fedora 7 Test Update: kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:55:06 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:54:30 -0700, updates fedoraproject org wrote:
> 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Fedora Test Update Notification
> > FEDORA-2007-1130
> > 2007-07-18 13:52:55.001228
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Name        : kernel
> > Product     : Fedora 7
> > Version     : 2.6.22.1
> > Release     : 27.fc7
> 
> This is the first time in years that I see a slow system clock, which
> looses time very quickly. Since the last manual ntp sync about an hour
> ago, five minutes are missing:
> 
>   # hwclock --show ; date
>   Thu 26 Jul 2007 11:56:47 AM CEST  -1.024398 seconds
>   Thu Jul 26 11:51:51 CEST 2007
> 
> The only recent change in addition to the test kernels is that I'm booting
> with acpi=off to work around bug 155496 (false critical temp shutdown).
> 
> Am I the only one seeing those symptoms?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/244177

Killing hald fixes it. And when booting without acpi=off, the system clock
doesn't lose any seconds, but that's not any option for me anymore.