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color=#0000ff size=2>Ok... was an hardware issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>dario</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Da:</B>
voyage-linux-bounces+d.finardi=gear.it@list.voyage.hk
[mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+d.finardi=gear.it@list.voyage.hk] <B>Per conto di
</B>Dario Finardi<BR><B>Inviato:</B> luned́ 7 aprile 2008 9.01<BR><B>A:</B> Beat
Meier; voyage-linux@voyage.hk<BR><B>Oggetto:</B> R: [Voyage-linux] RTC
issue<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890550007-07042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Yes, the issue is only with some
boards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890550007-07042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>During some investigation I've seen that faulty boards are
unable to startup the hw watchdog correctly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890550007-07042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Maybe the CS5536 has gone. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890550007-07042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The strangeness is that I've no messages about
it.</FONT> </SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Da:</B> Beat Meier
[mailto:mbe_ml@swiss-wireless.com.ar] <BR><B>Inviato:</B> venerd́ 4 aprile 2008
21.05<BR><B>A:</B> Dario Finardi; voyage-linux@voyage.hk<BR><B>Oggetto:</B> Re:
[Voyage-linux] RTC issue<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dario Finardi wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
everyone,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>my problem isn't tight to Voyage.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've a couple of
Alix (Alix2 and Alix3) with which I'm experiencing problem in storing the
correct date in the RTC.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>The boards have
the correct battery to mantain the calendar settings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>But when I turn
off the board, the RTC looses its settings returning to
1-1-1990.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>When running with
Voyage I'm able to set the system date and the rtc date and even after days
they run aligned and synchronized.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tested a lot
of other alix1/2/3, but none of them are showing this
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008></SPAN><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>You say you
have the same installation of some alix boards an of some time does work an
other not or on no one??<BR>If this problem is only on one board of course there
seems to be a hardware problem..<BR>If no board is working right: Set time right
and shutdown system, so the time is saved in rtc!!<BR>While you reboot it's ok.
If the system crash time is LOST if it was not saved with shutdown.<BR>Or you
can do the following:<BR>/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh reload<BR>and
reboot.<BR><BR><BR>Greetings<BR><BR>Beat<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems an
hardware problem. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is the RTC
embedded in the Geode? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=933212014-04042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some suggestion?
Some tool or command to inspect the bios parameters with
linux?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=198274413-05092006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=933212014-04042008>regards,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=198274413-05092006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=933212014-04042008>dario</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>---</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=198274413-05092006><FONT face=Arial size=2>dott. Dario
Finardi</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=198274413-05092006><FONT face=Arial size=2>GEAR.it
s.r.l.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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