[techtalk] losing time

[Olivier Tharan]

Le 22 octobre 2000 a 10:31, Mary E. Mulderrig a écrit :
> I have a quick question. I am using Red Hat 6.2
> and have noticed that over the past  ~week  my system clock
> is losing time. This is only apparent when I am in root mode.

How much time have you been losing?

Also, is your computer a SMP one (multi-processor)? SMP is known to
drift in a dramatic way if CONFIG_RTC is not set. If you are using a
stock kernel, it should be fine.

In either case, you should consider running (in order of importance):

- 'rdate' to a nearby, on time server (in a crontab);
- 'ntpdate';
- 'xntp'.

These methods are increasingly precise, and increasingly difficult to
set up.

olive
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