Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-19 Thread Shuvam Misra
My machine is a stand alone one and is not connected to LAN or internet.. SO i cannot use a time server to sync the time Also i changed the CMOS battery only recently Well, worst-case, I've seen faulty motherboards which have a malfunctioning clock. On one or two occasions, the only

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-19 Thread J.Mohamed Zahoor
LinuxLingam wrote: it is also not necessary for the pc to be 'old' for the CMOS battery to fail. other possible reasons; 1) CMOS battery drained if its a recycled/recharged type peddled by some shady guy. 2) drained due to a shortage or leakage. I changed the CMOS battery recently!!!

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-19 Thread LinuxLingam
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 02:50 pm, you wrote: I changed the CMOS battery recently!!! OK... some background about my application [snip] by any means.. As this call processing s/w does all the main functinalities.. it is absolutely necessary to sync the time to real time. And also

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-19 Thread Achal Prabhakar
Why don't you just get yourself a RTC card and use that instead of relying on the builtin clock!! On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:50:52 +0530, J.Mohamed Zahoor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LinuxLingam wrote: it is also not necessary for the pc to be 'old' for the CMOS battery to fail. other

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-19 Thread Shuvam Misra
OK... some background about my application We develop s/w and hardware for a small, indegeneously developed telephone exchange . The main call processing s/w runs on a i386 PC which is connected to the exchange through some properitary h/w to the main exchange. All the events are

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-18 Thread LinuxLingam
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 12:13 am, you wrote: Also, just asking, ... is your machine an old one? In which the CMOS battery needs replacement? :) - Sandip it is also not necessary for the pc to be 'old' for the CMOS battery to fail. other possible reasons; 1) CMOS battery drained if its a

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-18 Thread Sanjeev \Ghane\ Gupta
On Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:50 AM [GMT+0800], Shuvam Misra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You just need to find appropriate NTP servers which work for you, that's all. I guess junta on this list can help there. pool.ntp.org -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailing

Re: [ilugd] Re: Time Lag in Linux...

2003-08-18 Thread J.Mohamed Zahoor
My machine is a stand alone one and is not connected to LAN or internet.. SO i cannot use a time server to sync the time Also i changed the CMOS battery only recently ./zahoor Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: As ghane said, use ntpd or xntpd - whatever is available on your distribution. Also,