Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.10-rc3 vs clock | Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:01:32 -0500 |
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On Monday 13 December 2004 09:04, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >On Monday 13 of December 2004 13:29, David Weinehall wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 11:11:16AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> > At -rc2 my clock kept fairly decent time, but -rc3 is running >> > fast, about 30 seconds an hour fast. >> >> Lucky you. Each time I suspend my laptop the clock speeds up >> approximately x2... Usually, the time it takes me to get from >> home to work means that the computer tells me I arrived half an >> hour late... > >I see something strange that may be related to these issues. When I > turn off my box and turn it on again after a couple of hours, and > run Linux, the clock is apparently late, although it shows the > right time in the CMOS setup right before booting the kernel. The > amount of time the clock is late (in Linux) depends on how much > time the box has been off (it increases about 4 min. for each hour, > so the clock is about 30 min. late if the box has been off for 8 > hours). > >This has been present on all kernels since 2.6.8 at least (I did not > run earlier kernels on this box), but I haven't tried > 2.6.10-rc3-mm1 yet.
This is not something I've noted, but then this box is only shut off to blow the dirt out and clean & regrease the flower on the cpu at about 6 month intervals.
>> > I've been using ntpdate, is that now officially deprecated? >> >> I kind of doubt that... > >Me too. ;-) > >Greets, >RJW
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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