> You might have your settings for the maximum value set too low. What does > the following show: > > $ cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/max_user_freq > > On older kernels that should be: > > $ cat /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq > > Also relevant: > > $ cat /proc/sys/dev/hpet/max-user-freq > > You can set these values like this: > > $ sudo echo 2048> /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/max_user_freq > $ sudo echo 2048> /proc/sys/dev/hpet/max-user-freq > > or set them in /etc/sysctl.conf > > HTH Ralf Mattes >