Actually, these boxes can't keep time to save their lives. I'm seeing errors in the logs about NTP being unable to update the clock, etc (I can dig them up if it would help). Everything I've been able to find so far points to a bug in the Kernel that still has not been fixed, but I can't imagine that ALL the Linux boxes out there are suffering from not being able to update their clocks...?
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:26:52 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell W. Behne wrote: > > Today at 08:39, David Johnson wrote: > > > >>For my next question: I'm wondering how uptime keeps track of how > >>long the server has been running. The reason I ask is that I have a > >>couple of ML10 boxes running in a production environment on VMWare ESX > >>servers. These servers never REALLY know how long they have been up. > >>They always report times that are different from reality (usually > >>shorter than actual uptime) when I know that they have not rebooted (a > >>check of the logs will verify). > >>Certainly not a major problem, but I'm curious... > > > > > > As far as I know, /proc/uptime is the place where the uptime is kept. > > If you cat /proc/uptime repeatedly you can see that it's a running > > timer. The program /usr/bin/uptime just reads /proc/uptime, converting > > it to a human readable format. > > I have no idea why your ML10 boxes don't keep accurate uptimes. > > Maybe someone else can offer an idea. > > > Dumb question - is the time accurate on these boxes, or do they lose > time? It sounds like they might be missing a few timer interupts... > > Mikkel > -- > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > > -- David Johnson http://www.edave.org
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