Andrew Walters wrote: >Allo, > >I set my Quadra 610 up with Debian GNU/Linux, works great, etc etc. No >problems there, so I leave it running and doing its thing. A part of the >week later I come back to find the system time set to December 2nd, >2001. I thought I might've misadjusted the date when I set the machine >up (even though I remember doing it.) I set the date back in sync with >time.nist.gov and I let it sit for awhile more while I cleaned up the >apartment, and I come back to find it an hour behind, having been gone >perhaps half an hour. This goes on in a similar fashion. > >What's the problem here? I do not believe it's the battery (feel free to >correct me,) because it keeps pace with my other clocks when powered >off, and unplugged even. I've got a dead battery Performa next to it >that resets its date to the mid seventies whenever it comes back on. And >besides, the machine has been powered and running continually. Some sort >of Linux/68k issue with "idling"? I dunno. > >I just find moving four days into the future and losing six months on >the system clock a little odd. > >Suggestions welcome. =) > >Andrew > > > > There is a problem with NetBSD and OpenBSD where time is lost depending on how much work the processor is doing (the more work it does, the more time lost). I didn't know this was a problem with Linux too, but apparently it is.
There's no real solution to this problem. I worked around it by having my Quadra 700 poll my Linux box's time server (which is x86) every 5 minutes. This keeps the time and date pretty much up to date. If you don't have a box on your network you could setup as a time server, you can always use a public one. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
