Re: hard crash on leap second

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 12/31/08 20:00, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 07:25:25PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> > I had a hard crash of my lenny system precisely when the leap second was
> > added.  While X has flaked in the past, I've never had a hard crash
> > before.  I have no other evidence they were related, but I wasn't doing
> > anything unusual at the time.  Any ideas?
>
> I don't know, but I forgot about the leap second thing.  It may explain
> why my mirror (ftp3.nrc.ca) stopped working about 7 pm Eastern.  I'm
> trying with another mirror now and having troubles.

See if your ISP has a timeserver.  For example, mine is ntp.cox.net.

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