On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Jeremy wrote:

> On 08/17/2010 11:02 AM, Peter wrote:
>> running ntpdate just resets the time to a current value.
>> sudo apt-get install ntp
>>  
> 
> OK, but how do I keep time stable by itself? Is drift inevitable, and if 
> so, why has it just happened recently. I do know about ntp and ntpdate, 
> but since I don't need exact time all the time, the occasional ntpdate 
> has always been fine.


Hej hej,
   The clock tends to loose time (based in interrupts) if the CPU is heavily 
used.  And yes ntpd is the answer.

regards
Hro
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