Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Mar 2002 15:35:18 -0800 | From | Tim Moore <> | Subject | Re: laptop losing 4 seconds every 17 minutes [SOLVED] |
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Tim Moore wrote: > > Toshiba 320CT, 2.2.20. I noticed a 'synchronization lost' pattern in > xntpd logs. > > Ran a test loop with 'ntpdate -q' to my LAN time server at 1 second > intervals and discovered the laptop is losing precisely 4 seconds (jump) > every 17 minutes. > > There are no unusual cron jobs, nor does any obvious process trigger as > far as top output shows. There is an Abit KA7 using the same kernel, > ntp server and client setup, and on the same LAN with no issues.
Every 1020 seconds the system would freeze, including RTC, for 4 seconds. In this case '1020+4' had no tangible meaning. The problem was a bad NiMH RTC battery.
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