[Bug 43745] Re: Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops

[Francisco Borges]

Here are results on Edgy, I used a "daily" Edgy Eft Live CD from 29 of
August.

The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 6400 with BIOS revision A3.

# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.17-6-686 #2 SMP Fri Aug 11 22:09:15 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

# hwclock -D
hwclock from util-linux-2.12r
Using /dev/rtc interface to clock.
Last drift adjustment done at 1146000000 seconds after 1969
Last calibration done at 1146000000 seconds after 1969
Hardware clock is on UTC time
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2006/08/30 23:01:08
Hw clock time : 2006/08/30 23:01:08 = 1156978868 seconds since 1969
Wed 30 Aug 2006 11:01:08 PM UTC  -0.038377 seconds

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Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745