Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 01:18:41PM +0930, Matthew Tuck wrote: > > I'm having a problem where my clock seems to jump all over the place.
> <cut> <snip> > > It's not a hardware > > fault because I can set it under Windows and it will stay correct. It > > seems every time I boot Linux it gets set backwards in time, and that > > these changes _accumulate_. > > I had this problem couple of days ago. It appeares that > /etc/adjtime got corrupted somehow. Now I am wondering if that > is a bug. Anyway, try removing /etc/adjtime and setting the correct time > with date or ntpdate. In my case the problem went away. > There is no danger in removing /etc/adjtime, I think. > It'll get recreated after the next reboot. If that solves the problem > for there is probably a bug in util-linux that gets /etc/adjtime corrupted > on upgrade. If not it might be a battery. > To be sure check the time in BIOS setup BEFORE you boot into linux in > the morning and then see if after bootup the time differs. > <cut> <snip> It may very well be a bug. I've been fighting basically the same problem for several days now except my clock moves forward in time when I boot into linux. I'm beginning to suspect that it has something to do with the clock freq.??? It appears (unscientifically so far) that the forward time jump ranges from a few minutes to several hours depending on how long it's been since I last set the date command. I'll give the 'deleting /etc/adjtime' remedy a try and see what happens. John -- Powered by the Penguin