Re: ntp problem
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on a
> machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware
> problem (battery?)
Yes, the lower "voltage" caused by a dying battery can increase the
systematic drift on the RTC, or even stop the clock entirely for a small
while.
You want that battery replaced yesterday. The CMOS memory will corrupt data
soon, if the RTC is already gone.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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