> The file /etc/adjtime has the following two lines: > > cambados:~# cat /etc/adjtime > -115.758041 945099084 0.000000 > 945097761 > > Is it important the fact that it has two lines? > > Another question: What command do I have to use in order to set the clock up? >
hwclock ? > Thanks in advance and apologies for having replied to your mail so late. > > Manuel Arenaz > > > Bryan Scaringe wrote: > > > Try modifying /etc/adjtime so that it has one line: > > > > 0.0 0 0.0 > > > > Those are zeros, not the letter O. > > > > Then set the time. > > > > then reboot. > > > > /etc/adjtime is ment to keep track of the "drift" on your HW clock > > (since no clock is perfect). However, the drift isn't always the same. > > If /etc/adjtime was made during a time when your clock had an extrodinary > > amount of drift in a short period of time, the hwclock program may have > > assumed your clock was always that screwed up. Then it would > > try to correct that on every bootup. In effect, it would always > > overcompensate. > > This happened to me. > > > > Changeing /etc/adjtime to the line above should tell the system that your > > clock > > is perfect. Eventually your system will write a new /etc/adjtime, and > > fill it > > with more realistic values. > > > > Bryan Scaringe > > > > On 13-Dec-1999 Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > The clock of my machine has gone crazy. When I set it up to the correct > > > time in the BIOS everything works fine for a while. But after some time, > > > the clock begins to accumulate more and more delay. When I reboot the > > > machine and enter in the BIOS setup, the hardware clock has been > > > changed. What is happening? May it be related to the timezone? > > > > > > I detected this strange behaviour two weeks ago, and the Linux Debian > > > was installed in my PC in june. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Manuel Arenaz > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > > /dev/null > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >