[PLUG] Fwd: Weird system time issue

Kyle Accardi sandbox at pacifier.com
Fri Jul 19 01:48:34 UTC 2002


Ken Nowack wrote:

> My time is set to /etc/localtime ->
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific.

> I replaced the CMOS battery already. Sitting at a
> console the hwclock seems to gain about 2.5 minutes an
> hour. So maybe the new battery is a bit zealous. 

You're typing too fast.

> Another thing I noticed is that when I start gdm, the
> system clock immediately looses about 2.5 hours and
> seems to run slower and slower from there. So it seems
> that there must be an x component to blame here as
> part of the problem somewhere.

Quick, look out the window, event horizon?

Does GIS work near you?  We could send out Rich (Shepard) and plot a new 
point for the Cascadian Triangle.

--
Kyle Accardi






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