Re: Re: funny times

2017-04-25 Thread songbird
Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/23/2017 09:33 PM, songbird wrote: >> when my computer is turned off the clock >> runs slow. >> >> when my computer is turned on the clock >> runs fast. >> >> so any single adjustment in /etc/adjtime >> doesn't work (as my number of hours off or >> on the computer each

Re: funny times

2017-04-25 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/23/2017 09:33 PM, songbird wrote: when my computer is turned off the clock runs slow. when my computer is turned on the clock runs fast. so any single adjustment in /etc/adjtime doesn't work (as my number of hours off or on the computer each day may change). You may have reached l

Re: funny times

2017-04-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:33:53 -0400 songbird wrote: > when my computer is turned off the clock > runs slow. > > when my computer is turned on the clock > runs fast. If your computer is more than about 4 or 5 years old, replace the BIOS backup battery on the motherboard. It is used by the c

Re: funny times

2017-04-24 Thread songbird
Rick Thomas wrote: > Do you use ntp? > > sudo aptitude install ntp no, after i boot up i may not use a network connection for some time, but when i finally do connect then i use ntpdate manually. i've also removed or changed what i could find that was adjusting the clock (on boot or sh

Re: funny times

2017-04-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Do you use ntp? sudo aptitude install ntp Rick On Apr 23, 2017, at 6:33 PM, songbird wrote: > when my computer is turned off the clock > runs slow. > > when my computer is turned on the clock > runs fast. > > so any single adjustment in /etc/adjtime > doesn't work (as my number of