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

[Stephen Irons]

Inspiron 6400 laptop
BIOS: A03
Kernel: 2.6.15-23-686

Some people have suggested changing HWCLOCKPARS="--directisa" in
/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.

I made this change last night, and restarted once or twice since then,
including a boot into Windows XP.

This afternoon, the 'Time-of-day clock stopped' failure occurred again
after I changed a BIOS setting.

Whatever --directisa does, it is not a complete fix for the problem.

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