Tim: Thanks for the program. Could you give me some information on what this will do? Mark. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Hockin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [cobalt-developers] re: Date Time Settings Not Being > Preserved > > > Peter Ball wrote: > > > > I think it's a bug in the clock chip. > > > > 1 of our RAQ4's loses over an hour per day. > > > > I emailed Cobalt and they didn't want to know about it, as > it was over 30 > > days since we bought the box. > > Terrible service as usual, but what can I do being 10,000KM away > > This should be in the knowledge base, and I thought it was. Do this: > > cat /proc/rtc. If you see 24hr : no, compile and run the attached > program on your raq. Then re-set the time. > > > I manage several Cobalt RAQ4 servers, and have noticed that > the date and > > time settings on the server don't always remain correct > over time. We'll > > correct the date and time, leave the server alone for a > month, at which > > point discover that the date is now off by a day or more. > We have nailed > > down a pattern to it yet (we've had some servers both lose > time and some > > that gain it), and it doesn't happen with all of our > servers. Outside of > > people intentionally changing the date and time, any ideas > as to what may be > > causing this? > > -- > Tim Hockin > Systems Software Engineer > Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > /* > * gcc -O2 mfg-fix-rtc.c -o mfg-fix-rtc > * ./mfg-fix-rtc > */ > > /* ------------------ mfg-fix-rtc.c ------------------*/ > /* original by Tim Hockin, Cobalt Networks */ > #include <stdio.h> > #include <sys/io.h> > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > { > unsigned char tmp; > > if (ioperm(0x70, 2, 1)) { > perror("ioperm"); > return 2; > } > > outb(0xb, 0x70); > tmp = inb(0x71); > outb(tmp | 0x80, 0x71); > > outb(0xa, 0x70); > outb(0x26, 0x71); > > outb(0xb, 0x70); > outb(0x2, 0x71); > > outb(0xb, 0x70); > tmp = inb(0x71); > outb(tmp & ~0x80, 0x71); > > return 0; > } > /* ------------------ mfg-fix-rtc.c ------------------ */ > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers > _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
