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From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021203 Description of problem: When I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.18-19.7.x Windows 98 in win4lin version 3.0.10 started running too fast. It's about 5 times faster than it should be (the clock in Windows 98 shows that it is running about 5 times faster). I asked Netraverse about this problem and they responded with the following message: ----------------- Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we cannot offer support for the latest Red Hat 7.x kernels and Win4Lin 3.0 because of changes Red Hat made to their latest kernel versions. The reason the clock runs fast in Windows is because the new Red Hat kernels are using an increased clocktick frequency. This change (and others) in the new Red Hat kernels have necessitated enhancements be made to Win4Lin to support it. These enhancements were made to Win4Lin 4.0, but will not be backported to Win4Lin 3.0. If you wish to continue the new Red Hat kernel, you will need to upgrade to Win4Lin 4.0. Otherwise, Win4Lin 3.0 does run on the original Red Hat 7.x kernels (pre-2.4.18-18.7.x) as well as the latest versions of Mandrake and SuSE. Regards, Amanda Owens NeTraverse Support http://www.netraverse.com ---------------------------- Is this true? And if so, what are my options (if any) to fix the problem besides spending another $90 on win4lin? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Run Windows 98 under win4lin 2.Watch clock in lower right hand corner increment the minutes every 10 to 12 seconds. Actual Results: The clock in Windows 98 ran 5 times too fast Expected Results: The clock in Windows 98 should run at the same rate as normal time. Additional info:
nettraverse bad bug, they didn't code according to kernel practices/rules (not just Red Hat's but kernel.org's as well). however you can work around this by installing the i586 kernel which has HZ=100