TSC instead of ACPI: powerd doesn't work anymore (to be expected?)

From: Alexander Leidinger (Alexander_at_Leidinger.net)
Date: 10/28/05

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    Hi,

    I switched the timecounter used to use the TSC instead of the ACPI one
    (/etc/sysctl.conf). After rebooting powerd refused to start. I removed the
    line which changes the timecounter in sysctl.conf and powerd starts again.

    Is this expected, or is this a bug?

    If this is expected:
     - powerd fails with an unhelpful message
     - this isn't docuemented in the man-page (at least not in -current as of 2-3
    weeks ago)

    Bye,
    Alexander. 

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