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Re: clock losing time after a reboot with HP ZBook G2



On 30/06/15 05:52 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
I've noticed that with my new HP ZBook G2, the clock loses time after
a reboot. Below is the openntpd log without the "peer" messages ("ntp
engine ready" means that this is just after a reboot). What is the
cause? Which part of the software is responsible to sync the RTC?

Jun 29 17:25:43 zira ntpd[846]: ntp engine ready
Jun 29 17:25:43 zira kernel: [   36.730060] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 29 17:27:04 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.466645s
Jun 29 17:29:18 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.399644s
Jun 29 17:33:04 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.286723s
Jun 29 17:36:48 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.174479s
Jun 29 17:37:21 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.157979s
Jun 29 17:39:55 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 13.080871s
Jun 29 17:44:07 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 12.954863s
Jun 29 17:46:49 zira ntpd[837]: adjusting local clock by 12.873868s
Jun 29 17:46:51 zira ntpd[846]: ntp engine exiting
Jun 29 17:46:51 zira ntpd[837]: Terminating
Jun 29 17:47:38 zira ntpd[871]: constraint certificate verification turned off
Jun 29 17:47:38 zira ntpd[871]: ntp engine ready
Jun 29 17:47:38 zira kernel: [   31.495426] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 29 17:48:57 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.645922s
Jun 29 17:52:05 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.551856s
Jun 29 17:54:48 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.470787s
Jun 29 17:57:32 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.388841s
Jun 29 17:59:40 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.324690s
Jun 29 18:01:13 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.277861s
Jun 29 18:05:35 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.146952s
Jun 29 18:09:56 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 13.016189s
Jun 29 18:12:04 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 12.952223s
Jun 29 18:13:11 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 12.918980s
[...]
Jun 30 01:17:06 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 0.198699s
Jun 30 01:21:28 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 0.067428s
Jun 30 01:22:00 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 0.051427s
Jun 30 01:22:31 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting local clock by 0.035614s
Jun 30 01:25:14 zira ntpd[871]: clock is now synced
Jun 30 01:48:24 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting clock frequency by -0.050992 to -21.227978ppm
Jun 30 02:09:09 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting clock frequency by -0.269145 to -21.497112ppm
Jun 30 02:25:43 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting clock frequency by -0.635475 to -22.132576ppm
Jun 30 10:52:13 zira ntpd[846]: adjusting clock frequency by 0.833955 to -21.298614ppm
Jun 30 14:12:02 zira ntpd[871]: ntp engine exiting
Jun 30 14:12:02 zira ntpd[846]: Terminating
Jun 30 14:12:35 zira ntpd[801]: constraint certificate verification turned off
Jun 30 14:12:35 zira ntpd[801]: ntp engine ready
Jun 30 14:12:35 zira kernel: [   35.718822] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 30 14:12:35 zira ntpd[801]: reply from 37.187.56.220: not synced (alarm), next query 3166s
Jun 30 14:13:54 zira ntpd[790]: adjusting local clock by 15.278347s
Jun 30 14:15:00 zira ntpd[790]: adjusting local clock by 15.245347s
Jun 30 14:15:25 zira ntpd[801]: ntp engine exiting
Jun 30 14:15:25 zira ntpd[790]: Terminating
Jun 30 14:16:06 zira ntpd[862]: constraint certificate verification turned off
Jun 30 14:16:06 zira ntpd[862]: ntp engine ready
Jun 30 14:16:06 zira kernel: [   28.588667] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 30 14:16:06 zira ntpd[862]: reply from 37.187.56.220: not synced (alarm), next query 3234s
Jun 30 14:17:28 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.567251s
Jun 30 14:21:45 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.439340s
Jun 30 14:22:36 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.413840s
Jun 30 14:24:12 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.365855s
Jun 30 14:26:53 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.285121s
Jun 30 14:29:00 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.221573s
Jun 30 14:31:42 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.140805s
Jun 30 14:32:49 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 15.106892s
Jun 30 14:36:57 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.982979s
Jun 30 14:38:36 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.933478s
Jun 30 14:42:16 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.823588s
Jun 30 14:46:31 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.695910s
Jun 30 14:50:12 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.585502s
Jun 30 14:54:01 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.470910s
Jun 30 14:55:33 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.425103s
Jun 30 14:58:44 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.329479s
Jun 30 15:00:54 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.264600s
Jun 30 15:01:28 zira ntpd[845]: adjusting local clock by 14.247518s
Jun 30 15:02:38 zira ntpd[862]: constraint certificate verification turned off
Jun 30 15:02:38 zira ntpd[862]: ntp engine ready
Jun 30 15:02:38 zira kernel: [   24.069787] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 30 15:03:58 zira ntpd[858]: adjusting local clock by 15.773139s
Jun 30 15:07:13 zira ntpd[858]: adjusting local clock by 15.675893s
Jun 30 15:10:03 zira ntpd[862]: ntp engine exiting
Jun 30 15:10:03 zira ntpd[858]: Terminating
Jun 30 15:10:45 zira ntpd[1012]: constraint certificate verification turned off
Jun 30 15:10:45 zira ntpd[1012]: ntp engine ready
Jun 30 15:10:45 zira kernel: [   28.729054] warning: process `ntpd' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.40.6.
Jun 30 15:12:18 zira ntpd[1000]: adjusting local clock by 15.248420s
Jun 30 15:13:22 zira ntpd[1000]: adjusting local clock by 15.216462s
Jun 30 15:17:37 zira ntpd[1000]: adjusting local clock by 15.089332s
[...]


Is your cmos battery still providing power? Either that or your hardware clock could be broken or very inaccurate.

The NTP daemon keeps the system time in sync with whatever time source you are using but the hardware clock only gets set when you shut down unless you run something to set it more often.


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