On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 23:51, Mats Aigner wrote: > The Linux system clock was getting ahead several seconds per minute. > Why? What is the basis for Linux timekeeping?
AFAIK older kernels tend to be vulnerable to time drifts on iBook2s. Beware that 2.4 kernels don't work very well with potato. > This was solved by installing adjtimex and edit a boot script. > However, when I (as root) try "adjtimex --compare" the response is > "unable to open /dev/port read/write :: device not configured". What > am I doing wrong? You're using bad software. ;) /dev/port is for I/O port access, so this program apparently tries to access PC legacy hardware directly... If you have a constant network connection, you could try ntp (ntp-simple in sid) to keep the time accurate. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
