Re: ntp strangeness
On Wednesday 08 February 2006 05:46 pm, Jacob S wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> After I did an apt-get update/upgrade Monday I've had problem keeping
> the time set properly on my computer. I have both ntpdate and
> ntp-server installed, running a strictly Sid machine.
>
> Originally I thought maybe it was my motherboard clock, since it was
> the first time I had rebooted in a couple months. So I used hwclock to
> set both the hardware clock and system clock. Before long the time was
> a half hour fast again. I then stopped ntp-server and
> deleted /etc/adjtime and /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift,
did you also delete
/var/lib/flux.capacitor ?
i've been told that that has some weird effect on the space-time-continuum.
(sorry, couldn't resist).
> thinking it may be
> what was throwing the time off. After restarting ntp-server though, it
> was only about 30 minutes before my clock was a half hour fast again.
> Now it's almost a full hour fast.
>
> Anybody know what might be causing this? It's about to drive me up the
> wall. I never realized how much I look at my computer clock until I
> almost walked out the door to an appointment an hour early today. :-)
> (At least it's an hour fast and not an hour slow.)
>
> TIA,
> Jacob
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anoop
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