The debian bug is not the same one as this. It describes a hang on Dell laptops in hwclock, which is worked around by using --directisa. Out problem isn't a hang.
I'd be interested if someone could tell me the output of this command: sudo hwclock -D This should provide more informationa bout what is going on. ** Changed in: util-linux (Debian) Importance: Unknown => Untriaged Bugwatch: Debian Bug tracker #277298 => None ** Changed in: util-linux (Debian) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs