[Please don't top post]. On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:13:55AM -0800, David Talkington wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Federico Galvez-Durand Besnard wrote: > > >what do you have in : > >/etc/ntp.conf > > Only: > > server time.u.washington.edu > server 127.127.1.0 > fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 > > > Command line: > > /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid \ > - -f /var/db/ntpd.drift
It's generally recommended that you never trust your own clock since it's completely crap as time sources go. It's also recommended that you use at least 5 time sources to avoid problems with bad clocks. -- Brooks > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >Salutations -- > > > >I have an old board with an installation of STABLE whose time keeps > >running away. ntpd is not helping. I can manually set the time using > >ntpdate, and my ntpq queries look fine, yet the clock persists in running > >very fast (seems to be about 1.5x speed). The BIOS clock remains correct, > >and the machine therefore has the correct time at each reboot, but quickly > >runs away. > > > >Data points: > > > >- - I have set kern.timecounter.hardware=TSC, and this has not helped. - - > >Two other hosts on the same network, using the same ntp server, do not > >have this problem. > >- - This box did not display this behavior under FreeBSD 5.2. - - I have > >replaced the board on the problem box (with the same age and type), and > >the problem persists. > >- - dmesg for this machine, an old Dell Optiplex 590, is below. > > > >What other information might help diagnose the problem? > > > >Thank you ... -d > > > >- -- > >David Talkington > >dtalk-ml at prairienet.org > ><http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >[email protected] mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > - -- > David Talkington > Computing and Communications > University of Washington > 206-543-2144 > - -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - -- > PGP key: http://staff.washington.edu/dtalk/004B8F8B.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFB1FN55FKhdwBLj4sRAknTAJ9Wq/I64DpzBoblMmH2JMl2UR08NgCgkLuL > qlB7DOSkWlOmR2OLZ32O1NA= > =8B5z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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