also worth trying: stop ntp or whatever time sync program you are using, then delete /etc/adjtime and /etc/ntp.drift (or whatever the drift is) Then run ntp, leaving it to run for a few hours so it will write correct drift and adjustment values.
BilkK On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 13:51 +0200, Dirk Raeder wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Frédéric Grosshans wrote: > > The sytem time of my computer drifts by roughly 5 min per day, while the > > hwclock stays at the correct time. > > > > Anyone knows how to avoid this ? > > > > (My kernel is a 2.6.11-r6 gentoo-sources kernel, if that can help) > > > > Fred > > > Hi, > > do you have a CPU that can modulate its frequency? IE clock down if there is > low load and clock up if there is high load? > > In that case, activate HPET (high precision timer) in your kernel. This > compensates the time drift caused by up/downclocking > > HTH > > - -- > Dirk Raeder > > I prefer encrypted and signed messages. My GPG key is available at > hkp://blackhole.pca.dfn.de with ID 0x05EB5446 > > Registered Linux user #378554 > http://counter.li.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCX6re2QYJ1wXrVEYRAlKWAJ0bbOIcdN1/U2vUqzjkWHgurEgWyACgh5vJ > YhvDSalk3d5jKWUOEgFCrDo= > =jEHc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
