Bug#159037: general: Time Problem

[Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

"Matt Filizzi" <fizz@beyond.hjsoft.com> writes:

> Package: general
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-31
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid
> 
> I don't know what is causing this problem but all I know is that I have
> narrowed it down to being caused either by a package or by the install
> system.  I installed from the woody install disks then upgraded to sid.
> What happenes is that the time jumps ahead then back, eg (this is output
> from "while true; do date;done"
> 
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:27 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:27 EDT 2002
> 
> The only thing I did differently then previous installs was I told the
> installer that it could set the bios go UTC.  The only time it is really
> noticable is when in X, the screensaver kicks in when it jumps.

ntpdate, ntp, chrony, <some other time related prog> installed?

Maybe two of them, one with summer time, one without in its config?

MfG
        Goswin