Post by xpistian on Nov 12, 2023 11:53:22 GMT
Here is one for the experts, the Bios battery has recently died again (they last probably 5 years) which is probably not helped by the fact that I threw the battery out of the laptop in about 2011, it smelt of burning, not a good sign surely). Would that make any difference to live performance? the only difference for me is having to hit F1 at start up which is cheaper than a new battery.
It might, if without the battery it defaults to bios settings that prefer power saving over performance, for instance.
Since this probably also resets the system time to 2011 or something whenever you power off, this might also cause strange behaviour since you then have (system) files on your computer with a date that is off once it is automatically adjusted by npd or whatever service bodhi/ ubuntu uses.
From the Gentoo installation handbook:
"Setting the date and time
Before installing Gentoo the clock must be set correctly. Due to Gentoo's web based services using security certificates, it might not be possible to download the installation files if the system clock is too far skewed. Also, files saved with a date in the future may cause strange errors after the initial installation has completed if the clock is corrected later.
Before installing Gentoo the clock must be set correctly. Due to Gentoo's web based services using security certificates, it might not be possible to download the installation files if the system clock is too far skewed. Also, files saved with a date in the future may cause strange errors after the initial installation has completed if the clock is corrected later.
Important
Some motherboards do not include a Real-Time Clock (RTC), which will keep relatively accurate time even while the system is powered off. It is very important for these systems to automatically sync the system clock with a time server at every system start and on a regular internal thereafter. This is just as important for systems that do include a RTC, but have a failed battery."
Some motherboards do not include a Real-Time Clock (RTC), which will keep relatively accurate time even while the system is powered off. It is very important for these systems to automatically sync the system clock with a time server at every system start and on a regular internal thereafter. This is just as important for systems that do include a RTC, but have a failed battery."
However, the same would be true for Bodhi 6... so it might not be that after all.