On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 02:16 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The Thursday 2007-12-06 at 09:02 -0800, Robert Smits wrote: > > >> It seems a kernel problem, not an NTP problem. > > > > Actually, it looks way more like a hardware problem than a software problem. > > Normally I can run any of my systems for more than a month without being > > more > > than a minute or two off. Have you considered that the backup battery may be > > low, or that you have a power supply problem? > > Please, remember that the system time does not use the cmos clock and > battery at all. That's a different clock altogether. Plus, the cmos clock > is running fine, I'm checking it at the moment. > > > > Of course, one way to check it is if the same hardware shows different > > timing > > problems is to reinstall 10.2 but I know what a PITA that is. > > It is very simple: > > 1 Nov 11:28:02 ntpd[4669]: time reset +0.493571 s > 1 Nov 19:54:33 ntpd[6168]: time reset +0.324889 s > 2 Nov 11:56:25 ntpd[6168]: time reset +0.493251 s > 2 Nov 14:09:49 ntpd[6168]: time reset +0.761453 s > 2 Nov 18:57:50 ntpd[6168]: time reset +0.267648 s > 2 Nov 19:19:37 ntpd[6168]: time reset +0.633949 s > 3 Nov 15:04:26 ntpd[4993]: time reset +13.963114 s <=== upgrade to 10.3 > 3 Nov 16:14:24 ntpd[4993]: time reset +126.365828 s > 3 Nov 19:12:32 ntpd[5051]: time reset +42.074367 s > 4 Nov 12:46:09 ntpd[5076]: time reset +22.996088 s > 4 Nov 13:32:56 ntpd[5076]: time reset +393.672856 s > 5 Nov 13:35:23 ntpd[5163]: time reset +351.141250 s > > > You see how the resets increase just the very day I upgraded to 10.3? It > is thus a demonstration that it is a software problem. I do have a > partition with 10.2, I could try that one again. But there is no need, the > above log proves it. >
Well proven, Latest patches were applied? My college builded last week a 10.3 system with truly very strange behaviour. We found out that the system clock --> was standing stil <--. Havoc! ntp would not work (drift to large), could not update, Only after a manually ntpdate he could repair the system. btw, you know that you have to be carefull with xen & time... (don't know if this relevant in your case) hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
