[plug] Time speeding up...

Mike Holland myk.list at westnet.com.au
Mon Oct 17 08:31:50 WST 2005


Alex Nordstrom wrote:
> Sunday, 16 October 2005 21:10, Senectus . wrote:
> 
>>For some odd reason the time on my PC is speeding up.. I seem to gain
>>about an hour and a half a day without reboots..
>>Any idea what might cause that?
> 
> 
> A fast clock.

A _very_ fast clock! Use 'hwclock' to check if the hardware RTC 
(realtime clock) is OK.

> Install ntp.

Does that adjust the speed, or just make very frequent corrections?
(producing timestamps out of order)
Will it continue to work without an internet connection (once calibrated) ?




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