Re: Clock jumps forward.
On Friday 17 February 2006 23:12, Mirko Parthey wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 05:27:50PM +0200, David Baron wrote:
> > Every few days, I find my clock two hours fast. Easy enough to reset but
> > ... why?
> >
> > I am running 2.6.15 kernel, Sid, and time is updated using ntp. Since my
> > time zone is universal + two hours, maybe the two hours means something.
> > Bug?
>
> Does this happen after a reboot, and is your /usr filesystem separate
> from the root filesystem? If so, you can find an explanation in Debian
> bug #342887 (search for "Henrique").
This is after a reboot. The /usr system is not separate.
> As a solution, you can replace the /etc/localtime symlink by a copy of
> the actual file it points to. However, this has the consequence that you
> will not benefit from future updates to the timezone files.
>
> You did not specify which ntp tool you are using. "ntpd" refuses to
> adjust your time if it is too far off, so in addition you might want to
> use "ntpdate", which adjusts the time in a single step during bootup.
> It could also work as a band-aid for setting your time correctly
> if you do not want to apply the change to /etc/localtime.
Ntpdate is what I am using. Maybe the setup needs be changed.
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