This is a well known problem. A Google search "clock drift linux nvidia" yields much info. Have you checked the state of the battery which powers the crystal clock and CMOS? btw what kernel version are you running?
On 9/17/07, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should have said, 10.2.1.1 is the IPCop box. Also, there had been one > or more ntp restarts on the 11th and 12th. Strange that there are no > log entries over the weekend, uptime is 18 days. > > Roger Searle wrote: > > Hi, I have a SuSE 64bit install on an Asus M2N motherboard, and I recall > > others having (unresolvable?) time drift issues with a 64bit > > installation. Perhaps the common factor was nvidia chipsets, but I could > > be making that up. It is losing something like an hour a day. > > > > ntpd is running and getting time from an IPCop box. Yet the time > > reported by that box according to the "date" command continues to > > drift. Running "service ntp restart" brings it back in line, so a > > solution to keep the box's time in sync might be to put this in a cron > > job and run every 15 minutes. Interestingly after the ntp restart at > > 9am this morning (had lost around 3 hours over the weekend), the time is > > accurate within a second 3 hours later, which doesn't help me understand > > what's happening. > > > > I could be missing something obvious, so would be interested in any > > suggestions from anyone about resolving this? Here is the last few days > > from /var/log/ntp: > > > > 11 Sep 09:04:10 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 09:04:10 ntpd[9766]: kernel time sync disabled 0001 > > 11 Sep 09:38:25 ntpd[9766]: no servers reachable > > 11 Sep 09:43:49 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 09:48:11 ntpd[9766]: time reset +6.475822 s > > 11 Sep 09:51:37 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 11:20:47 ntpd[9766]: no servers reachable > > 11 Sep 11:55:08 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 12:00:29 ntpd[9766]: time reset +64.498256 s > > 11 Sep 12:04:07 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 12:48:27 ntpd[9766]: time reset -0.132544 s > > 11 Sep 12:52:39 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 16:23:28 ntpd[9766]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 > > 11 Sep 16:27:46 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 16:27:46 ntpd[11380]: time reset -0.224694 s > > 11 Sep 16:27:46 ntpd[11380]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 > > 11 Sep 16:32:10 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 17:26:48 ntpd[11380]: no servers reachable > > 11 Sep 17:31:08 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 17:36:37 ntpd[11380]: time reset +73.901648 s > > 11 Sep 17:40:38 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 19:34:09 ntpd[11380]: no servers reachable > > 11 Sep 19:59:49 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 20:17:02 ntpd[11380]: time reset +7.640369 s > > 11 Sep 20:20:29 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 11 Sep 21:03:23 ntpd[11380]: time reset +0.165117 s > > 11 Sep 21:07:21 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 12 Sep 01:29:42 ntpd[11380]: time reset +648.102905 s > > 12 Sep 01:33:29 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 12 Sep 02:19:46 ntpd[11380]: no servers reachable > > 12 Sep 02:36:56 ntpd[11380]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 12 Sep 02:36:56 ntpd[11380]: time correction of 1156 seconds exceeds > > sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time. > > 14 Sep 17:10:43 ntpd[31392]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 14 Sep 17:10:43 ntpd[31392]: kernel time sync disabled 0001 > > 14 Sep 18:42:00 ntpd[31392]: no servers reachable > > 14 Sep 18:52:38 ntpd[31392]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 14 Sep 19:10:17 ntpd[31392]: time reset +28.615506 s > > 14 Sep 19:13:52 ntpd[31392]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 14 Sep 21:18:07 ntpd[31392]: time reset -0.147810 s > > 14 Sep 21:21:39 ntpd[31392]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 14 Sep 23:48:07 ntpd[31392]: no servers reachable > > 14 Sep 23:56:39 ntpd[31392]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 14 Sep 23:56:39 ntpd[31392]: time correction of 1234 seconds exceeds > > sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time. > > 17 Sep 09:00:43 ntpd[7407]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 > > 17 Sep 09:00:43 ntpd[7407]: kernel time sync disabled 0001 > > 17 Sep 11:26:34 ntpd[7407]: no servers reachable > > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
