Clock delay

[Stewart Nelson]

Hi Juan,

> I don't have adjtimex in my system.

I thought it was a base system utility.
Maybe you don't care, since it seems that you are close to
finding the real problem.  You can go to
ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/
and get the adjtimex RPM.  Make sure that the above directory is
the right one for your system before installing.

> [root at kalimotxo log]# hdparm /dev/hdc
> 
> /dev/hdc:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
>  using_dma    =  0 (off)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    = 256 (on)
>  geometry     = 16383/255/63, sectors = 234441648, start = 0

It appears that the disk driver fell back into 'dumb' mode for
some reason.  Run your older kernel and see if it shows
using_dma = 1.  If so, it is highly likely that this is the
source of your ticks loss.

Sorry, I know nothing about IDE.  (I only answered your original
post because it seemed like an NTP problem.)  If you can't find
the answer in the archives or with Google, try posting another
question about IDE DMA not working.

--Stewart