Re: clock troubles
On (12/05/05 16:59), Glenn English wrote:
> The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I
> repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds.
> ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there.
>
> I don't understand how this can happen. My experience with digital
> electronics says that things almost never work half-way; they're fine,
> or they're dead. Anybody know what the system clock actually is? A
> counter counting the line frequency?? A divider off the CPU clock?
>
> There was a power failure this morning, long enough to drain the UPSes
> and stop all the computers. Then when I started bringing things back up,
> I could just barely catch the aroma of overheated electronics -- so it
> could be hardware. It could also be my imagination.
Can't help with the diagnosis but you're not the first on the list to
suffer time 'drift'. Solution: install something like 'ntpdate' to keep
the clock sychnronised with one of the internet time servers. FWIW
other people have recommended 'chrony' as an alternative - I've not tried
it.
Regards
Clive
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