Comment 56 for bug 43745

doing

# chmod -x /etc/init.d/hwclock*

as suggested in the forum topic linked to in my original bug report
seems to have worked for me (i've not had the problem since) but I
may just have got lucky - I've not gone looking for trouble as i don't
really fancy taking my laptop to bits again.

On 29/09/06, sen <email address hidden> wrote:
> Tis occurs alson on edgy with an dell inspiron 640m .
> To fix remove de cell battery : instructions found here http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins640m/en/SM/coinbatt.htm#wp1123661
>
> and run the bios setup to set new values .
>
> but is there a fix for under edgy ?
>
> --
> Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745
>