Arch64 and system clock havoc

jskier · 2006-12-06 14:08:03

Hello,

I recently upgraded my HP DV6140 laptop to Arch64. I used to use 32bit, but found myself impressed with how smooth things have become with the 64bit version. However, I soon found out that 1/4 of the time I boot up, I get a hard crash. This is always at Configuring System Clock in the boot process. Also, about 3/4 of the time when I change the date/time I get a hard crash. Annoying as hell, being that I can't use NTP to sync my time/date settings without frequent crashing. Any ideas on this? It was never a problem with 32bit Arch.

I've tried kernel 2.6.19, and 2.6.17beyond and both result in the same problem. I also tried tinkering with localtime and UTC in the rc.conf file with no luck on fixing this.

AndyRTR · 2006-12-06 14:20:46

I have ntpd running as server and use it as client on two systems without any problem. Do you have entries in any logfile when it crashes?

I only remember that the rtc kernel module was tricky when it was built as module. That's why we had put it directly into the kernel in early 2.6.14 days.

jskier · 2006-12-06 15:00:17

AndyRTR wrote:

I have ntpd running as server and use it as client on two systems without any problem. Do you have entries in any logfile when it crashes?
I only remember that the rtc kernel module was tricky when it was built as module. That's why we had put it directly into the kernel in early 2.6.14 days.

As far as the logs go I could not find anything out of the ordinary. If you would like you can have a look at my logs, I uploaded it to:
http://jskier.com/linux/everything.log

jskier · 2006-12-12 23:21:04

Well I'm sticking with 32bit for now, Arch64 is still too unstable for me :?
I see the 64bit OpenOffice package was coming along nicely now at least

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#1 2006-12-06 14:08:03

Arch64 and system clock havoc

#2 2006-12-06 14:20:46

Re: Arch64 and system clock havoc

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Re: Arch64 and system clock havoc

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Re: Arch64 and system clock havoc

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