[PLUG] NTP oddity

Paul Johnson baloo at ursine.ca
Sat Jan 17 13:11:02 UTC 2004


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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:02:40AM -0800, Kyle Hayes wrote:
> I run ntpdate once a night (I should set up xntp or something) to keep my 
> clock in sync.  For the past three years, the usual correction each night was 
> on the order of 30-50ms.  In the past few weeks, this has gone to 14 
> _seconds_.  Is this a sign that my trusty P-II 400 is starting to show signs 
> of age (i.e. the battery is dying)?  Anyone have a clue?

If you shut down your machine, this could be a sign your battery is
dying.  And go install chrony, right now.

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