On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:05:55PM -0600, Greg Murphy wrote: > Greetings, > > My computer for some reason seems to be losing time at a rate of about 20 > minutes per 10-15 hours. I was under the impression that linux keeps track of > the time from clock cycles. I have not rebooted my machine in a week, so if > that previous assumption is correct, then that would rule out the cmos > battery. What could cause this loss of time. The only thing that has been > slightly different that I can think that might could cause it is that lately > I have been constantly running some intensive tasks reniced to +19. Could > something like that cause this problem, or is my problem elsewhere? Any > ideas? Thanks. I have no idea about why your computer would be losing time. You could set up a Network Time Protocol daemon (for example: nptd) to syncronize your clock with internet time servers. You probably have to reset your clock first to do this. -- Jerome
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