[PLUG] forget roundcube, system time is a problem [resolved]

michael at robinson-west.com michael at robinson-west.com
Fri Jun 19 16:24:02 UTC 2020


The touch command comes to mind if you know which files once you get the clock situation resolved, but someone else can suggest a more efficient way possibly.

June 19, 2020 11:08 AM, michael at jamhome.us wrote:

> It turns out the problem is a kernel bug, version 5.7.3.
> See:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208221
> 
> So that is cleared up. Now to figure out how to fix things that are time stamped in the future.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 07:24:09AM -0700, michael at jamhome.us wrote:
> 
>> OK I've discovered my system time is wandering:
>> 
>> [root at cave etc]# hwclock --show
>> 2020-05-28 01:43:00.648034-07:00
>> [root at cave etc]# hwclock --show
>> 2020-05-12 12:53:28.481286-07:00
>> [root at cave etc]# for i in 1 2 3 4 ; do hwclock --show ; sleep 2 ; done
>> 2020-07-07 04:51:42.331546-07:00
>> 2020-06-29 02:40:54.721810-07:00
>> 2020-07-02 23:53:22.023450-07:00
>> 2020-06-30 01:59:06.804296-07:00
>> [root at cave etc]#
>> 
>> as you can see the hwclock varies - a lot.
>> This is the real time clock. What??
>> 
>> Attempting to set it:
>> hwclock --systohc
>> 
>> Doesn't help.
>> 
>> This system is a VPS, so I cannot replace the CMOS battery.
>> 
>> Suggestions?
>> 
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>> Michael Rasmussen
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