On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:07 -0400, Eben King wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Joe Brandt wrote:
>
> > Levi Bard wrote:
> >
> > >>>Try running ntpd?
>
> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2005-Feb/3719.html concurs.
>
> > >>How would that slow down his system clock?
> > >
> > >It wouldn't slow down the actual clock speed, but it could fix the
> > >visual symptoms (e.g. clock shows wrong time), while not forcing him
> > >to deal with the -noapic breakage.
> > >
> > Sounds logical. How often would he have to correct?
>
> It depends how accurate it needs to be. If there's another nearby machine
> to use (I mean, on the same LAN), what the heck -- once every few seconds.
> I believe ntpd "learns" how much the system clock can be expected to be off,
> and apply an appropriate clock slew between updates.
>
> Also, if the hardware clock runs at the correct speed (or at least close to
> it), consider doing something like
>
> #! /bin/sh
> while : ; do
> hwclock --hctosys
> sleep $SMALLNUM
> done
>
> and writing to the hardware clock just after ntp does its thing.
>
While all this is fine and dandy for keeping the system time correct, it
doesn't change the fact that everything else still goes at double rate.
i.e. feedback icons, cursor rate, keypress repeat rate, and if you can't
get your finger off a letter at superhero speeds, you get 4 or 5 of the
letter when typing. I'm sure there's more but these are all issues.
On to the update. I figured since Ubuntu supports the Radeon 200m and a
lot of people are using it for 64bit I'd give that a try. Install was
o.k. other than having to disable framebuffer for the installer. At the
xdm login prompt I could tell right away that the cursor was still
blinking fast. After username and passwd, a few things happen quickly
and grrrind screeeech....the system completely locks up. Do not pass
go, do not collect 200. This happens with both the regular 5.04 ubuntu
and the kubuntu. I tried both. At least I could get a desktop
environment with SuSE.
Any other Ideas?? I'll try to get a better list of mobo/hardware model
numbers as soon as I can. Pretty bust with work right now.
Thanks again.
Mike Branda Jr.
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