Still getting 'calcru: runtime went backwards'

David O'Brien obrien at freebsd.org
Tue Jul 11 18:54:59 UTC 2006


On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 07:51:12PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20060629193346.GA2548 at dragon.NUXI.org>, "David O'Brien" writes:
> 
> >I'm still often getting calcru output.  This is with
> >FreeBSD anh-thu.NUXI.org 7.0-CURRENT #44: Tue Jun 27 09:30:45 PDT 2006 amd64
> >I'm using the default time source (ACPI).  What's the latest theories of
> >the cause of this?
> 
> Does this machine change the cpu clock rate ?

No.  However, It is running powerd, but with "-a maximum".  AC is
connected before turning the laptop on, and it never looses AC power.

I've also seen it on a 2P/4C workstation, but I cannot say how long ago
it was since I last got it.
 
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