Sounds like the system clock is set for 50Hz power line frequency, and you are using 60Hz power line.
Bob Richard Urwin wrote: > > Three hours a day sounds like Linux is mis-understanding some clock rate > on your system. Maybe a mismatch between some motherboard part and the > corresponding driver. I should check the motherboard manufacturer's > web-site and do a web search with Linux and the motherboard model. Have > you over-clocked the CPU? > > Background: The hardware clock is only used while the machine is > switched off. It is too slow to use during normal running and OSs do not > do so. Linux reads it at start-up and writes it at shutdown. During > running OSs set up a regular interrupt and count them to keep track of > the current time. > > -- > Richard Urwin, Private > "No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato." > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of windwalker > Sent: 31 October 2002 21:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] clock help > > I Installed mandrake. > NOW I have to reset taskbar clock twice daily !! > its gaining three hours a day.. > It didnt do that when I only had win 98 on box > any thoughts on how to correct? > Mike -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura ____________________________________________________________ The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm
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