Re: ntpdate foibles?

[David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il>]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:02, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 05.04.06 18:46, David Baron wrote:
> > There was a kernel bug to this effect but apparently not relevant to my
> > configuration. When ntpdate cannot access a ntp server, the time gets
> > placed two (three with daylight time) hours fast. I am two hours later
> > than Grenwich. It does not matter if the hwclock is set utc or local.
>
> try looking at /etc/adjtime, try removing it. It contains informasions
> about differences between system and HW time, or something alike.

This file is apparently updated/overwritten all/most days. It was last written 
yesterday on shutdown.