Clock runs fast in Ubuntu!?

[Jhair Tocancipa Triana]

Steve  writes:

> I'm hoping someone else has experienced this... my computer's clock
> runs fast in Ubuntu, and I need to keep resetting it (sometimes as
> much as 15 minutes fast in 3 hours). I've also checked to
> "periodically sync with timeserver" but I think because I use dialup
> that is not working. It works if I manually "sync now".

This is a known issue with AMD processors and some kernels. Passing
the no_timer_check option to the kernel at boot time solved the
problem for me (2.6.13 kernel, AMD64 processor).

> I have an AMD Athlon 2500+, on an Asus A7N8X-X (NVidia Nforce2
> chipset). Nothing is overclocked.

If that solution will work in your case, I am not sure. Do a search in
www.ubuntuforums.org, the issue has been discussed many times there.

-- 
--Jhair

PGP key available from public servers - ID: 0xBAA600D0