On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Larry Brigman wrote: > > > If these laptops have CPU's that change frequency(or sleep) based on > > load/temp, running ntpd is problematic. Also getting the machine into > > hibernate mode to be moved also could cause problems. Running ntpdate via > > cron is probably more than adequate. > > Larry, > > I've no idea how the CPUs respond to load/temp. The load is generally > limited to as many open browser tags as the memory will allow. :-) > > Some times the laptops are on for several days continuously, other times > they're shut down between uses. > > I like your suggestion of running ntpdate via cron. What frequency would > you recommend? > Probably no more than once an hour. Using adjtimex to help determine if the hwclock is the source of your problem would also be a good idea as the starting time is from powered off is sourced from there and saved there if the machine goes through the shutdown cycle. > > Thanks, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
