[Bug 166374] New: clock runs at double speed

[Adrian]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166374         
           Summary: clock runs at double speed
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: amj operamail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
Compiler:          SuSE 11.0 distribution 
OS:                Linux

After starting with MS-DOS in 1984, some months ago I took the big step and became a complete Linux newbie.  I eventually built a very nice Debian system on a Toshiba S1800-700 laptop.  Some time later I decided to experiment with KDE.  I rolled in the KDE version 3.5.5 that comes with the Debian (etch) 4.0 distribution, only to find I had a bug.  I came here to report it, but found reports about KDE versions prior to 3.5.6 were not welcome.  I went back to Gnome.

Now I am running OpenSUSE 11.0 on the same laptop.  That means I have KDE version 4.04 - and the self same bug.  Time elapses at double speed.  KDE clocks up a minute every 30 seconds.  However, when I remove the digital clock from the panel, that cures the problem and time elapses normally.  If I restore the clock to the panel I'm back to double speed again.  

Two different Linux distributions, two different versions of KDE, the same laptop.  I do not have this problem with Gnome (niether Debian nor openSUSE).  Gnome knows what time it is.