[GRLUG] hpet

[Bob Kline]

Thanks.

   -Bob


On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Jeff DeFouw <mrj at plorb.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 01:39:27PM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> > A little followup.  I found the following
> > article, from December, 2008:
> >
> > http://my.opera.com/PiklesOnFire/blog/index.dml/tag/hpet=disable
> >
> > <http://my.opera.com/PiklesOnFire/blog/index.dml/tag/hpet=disable>Based
> on
> > Ubuntu Intrepid, the author blames
> > hpet, at least in part, for the error message I
> > see too.
> >
> > Alas, the file alluded to, /boot/grub/menu.lst,
> > doesn't exist on my system, Kubuntu 11.04.
> > Or anywhere else that I can tell.
>
> Ubuntu moved from grub to grub2.  Additional command line options are
> now set in /etc/default/grub.
>
> Everything in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX is added to both regular and recovery
> boot choices.  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT is only included in regular
> boot choices.  After you make changes, run update-grub.
>
> > Anyway, the saga continues.  A quick google
> > search shows that you're having issues with
> > hpet it's a huge annoyance, and if you're not,
> > hpet will likely be off the radar screen.  What
> > I haven't seen is what hpet is even for, and
> > why it starts to become a problem.
>
> So it goes with BIOS issues.  The other options you might need to mess
> with are related to acpi and apic.  The HPET is a 64-bit high speed
> general purpose timer that was added for multimedia synchronization.
> It's more useful than other standard timers, so Linux prefers it.
>
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