> 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.
Those problems were solved some time ago. The issue was something to do with kernel timekeeping and certain versions of AMD 64bit CPUs. I don't recall nvidia being involved in the problem. I have been running AMD64 + nvidia for almost 2 years now with SUSE 10.0 - 10.2 and never saw this problem, but then my hardware may not be in the trouble basket. > ntpd is running and getting time from an IPCop box. First check whether the ipcop is right on time: ntpdate -q -u ipcop The only thing of interest in the response is the stratum number. It must be less than 5, it it's 10 or more, fix your ipcop or else fix your network settings. > 11 Sep 09:04:10 ntpd[9766]: synchronized to 10.2.1.1, stratum 11 10 is typically used by the box's own kernel clock, 11 means it's syncing to itself (which is obviously useless). It almost certainly happened because ntpd couldn't bridge the large local clock drift and gave up in disgust on any/every remote time server. If this is a kernel cause, first install the latest kernel. Configure an installation source for updates. The easiest is to run the "Novell registration" (one of the yast icons), which tells some opensuse server your IP address, in return you get an update server close to you. Alternatively, locate a server and add its URL (including the correct directory) manually. Run online update. The latest is 2.6.18.8-0.5-default, if you have something older, either the update server you have configured is largely out of date (change to a better one), or you never ran an online update before. The local ntpd is configured with yast->network services->NTP, add at least one functional time server. Your ipcop should do the trick. If you are with paradise, time.paradise.net.nz works well. As do many others. Btw you install the nvidia driver with yast as well, from this repository: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/ which you configure as installation source. Install the (2?) packages the repo offers. If you installed the nvidia drivers manually from some other place try removing them (if they have something to do with the time problem) and reinstall. If the problem remains with the latest kernel update deeper digging would be needed. HTH, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
