Description of problem: System clock runs at 2x faster than it should. From extensive Google searches, it appears this is a problem w/ATI RS200 chipset and the kernel. An excellent thread outlining the problem can be found here: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/search/subject/clock%20runs%20at%20double%20speed%20on%20x86_64%20system%20w/ATI%20RS200%20chipset and confirmation of the problem can be found here: http://scottstuff.net/scott/archives/000391.html For my comparison purposes, I sync'd the hardware clock with the system clock by 'ntpdate pool.ntp.org && hwclock -w', waited approximately fifteen minutes and ran 'hwclock --show' and compared it to the system clock. The result is the system clock was fifteen minutes ahead of the hardware clock. The motherboard I use is the MSI RS480M2-IL. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Boot the computer. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: System clock runs at 2x speed. Expected results: System clock to run at normal speed. Additional info:
I mentioned this on the test list... the Kanotix 32 bit distro (http://kanotix.com/info/index.php) does not skew my clock. I HTH.
I have verified this bug as well. The system is set up with the following: Motherboard:MSI RS480M2-IL BIOS rev 3.3 CPU: AMD64+3200 Memory: Set to Dual Channel 2x256 Corsair IDE: HDD Master DVDRom Slave Video: Onboard Video Keyboard & Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite (connected via USB only)
This is a duplicate of bug #152170. See that bug for more discussion.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 152170 ***