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Re: Problem with clock



On Wed, 17 May 2006 08:15:31 -0600
"Joseph Smidt" <jsmidt@byu.edu> wrote:

> Ever since I installed unstable the clock never recieves the correct time.
> When I try to resync or restart the computer I get this error message:
> select() /dev/rtc clock tick timed out
> 
>     Does anybody know what this error is or how I can fix it?
>                                                      Joseph Smidt
> 
> -- 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>        Joseph Smidt
>      jsmidt@byu.edu

Not necessarily the answer you want, but install ntpdate, and use this;

sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate -b -u pool.ntp.org

I run that as a script once a week, and I keep fairly accurate time.

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