If I did not have this problem on every system I have
installed it on, I would agree. If it is hardware it
is fairly common hardware. I have had problems with
this on several desktop intel and amd systems and on
Asus F7400 and F7400-B Laptops.
--- Vox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> During the bombing raid on Mon, 14 May 2001 10:23:04
> -0700 (PDT), SI Reasoning
> was heard mumbling in fear:
>
> > I have had a horrible problem with keeping an
> accurate
> > system time on my Mandrake systems. I have had
> this
> > problem on both laptops and desktops through at
> least
> > the 7.0 versions and continuing up through
> current
> > 8.1. My time will be off by minutes each hour
> (seems
> > to lag in my laptop and rush on the desktop). I
> have
> > worked around this by doing an ntpdate every
> hour...
> > however with run-parts being down it just brought
> up
> > this reminder.
>
> Run an ntp daemon to keep your clock in check?
> That's what I do
>
> > Is this a kernel problem or is this a mandrake
> > problem? Anyone else out there having this issue?
>
> I have no clue what's to blame for this for sure,
> but my gut feeling is
> on the HW.
>
> Vox
>
> --
> Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they
> chose as their messenger....
> For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle
> http://www.the-vox.com
>
> Think of the Linux community as a niche economy
> isolated by its beliefs. Kind
> of like the Amish, except that our religion requires
> us to use _higher_
> technology than everyone else. -- Donald B.
> Marti Jr.
>
> Vox populi, vox deii....
>
>
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