RE: sys time running fast

From: Lunt, Nick (Nick.Lunt_at_wesleyan.co.uk)
Date: 10/28/05

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    Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:23:37 +0100
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    Hi Marty,

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Russell [mailto:dragonite.wylie@verizon.net]
    >
    > No that happens a lot on PCs. My windows one does it all the time.
    > Open up the clock config thing (might need root password) and enable
    > ntpd. Select a site from the choices, hit apply. Then every time you
    > start your computer, it'll get the time automatically from
    > the site you
    > selected. It's also a handy way to see if your internet/DNS is working
    > during startup.
    > Of course, whether the clock site is in sync with the other clocks in
    > your house is another story...
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com
    > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Marty Landman
    > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:37 PM
    > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    > Subject: sys time running fast
    >
    >
    > I've got an old pc - p II 133 iirc - running RH9. The system
    > clock runs
    > fast, I'd estimate a few minutes per month. Funny because when I ran
    > Windows on older boxes like that I think the clock used to run slow.
    >
    > Is this a known problem, or something I've configured wrong? Should I
    > just
    > keep adjusting with the date cmd or is there a fix for this kind of
    > thing?
    >
    > Marty

    On top of Russells advice it may be worth adding the noapic arguement to your grub.conf.
    It may make no difference on your PC but it stopped a couple of DL385's we've got from running the clock too fast.

    Cheers
    Nick .

     

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