On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:53:11 -0700 Nataraj wrote: > I think maybe this is caused by the leap second issue. Try rebooting > and see if it goes away. See > http://www.google.com/search?ix=acb&sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=leap+second+linux
Thanks for the pointer, that may have been it! I don't understand the complicated interactions that make a leap second confuse a computer more than the RTC running slow confuses it, but this issue did indeed go away after a reboot (and I'm pretty sure I didn't see the problem till after midnight UTC which is when the leap second would have happened). They really ought to switch to a new version of NTP protocol that is just like the old one, but works from TAI and sends a database of leap second info around as well so computers can translate TAI into UTC. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org