On Jan 5, 2008 5:56 AM, Santosh Dawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear PLUG, > > I need help troubleshooting a Linux RedHat (Centos 4.4) installation. I am > not sure if the problem is with the OS or with the Hardware clock (CMOS). > > The "date" command returns the incorrect time. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Set the Linux date/time correctly, > 2. One week later, the clock has fallen behind by around 5 - 10minutes and > has to be reset. > > On running the following commands, I have pasted the output > > *# hwclock -r > Thu 11 Oct 2007 03:19:50 PM IST -0.015928 seconds > * > The hwclock reading is 5 minutes behind time. > > *# date > Thu Oct 11 15:14:58 IST 2007 > * > The date command shows 10 minutes behind time. > > The contents of my */etc/sysconfig/clock > > ZONE="Asia/Calcutta" > UTC=false > ARC=false > * > I am *not* running a Network time server or using the NTP service. > > Any help debugging/troubleshooting the issue would be great. I'm not sure > what I am doing wrong. > > Best Regards, > Santosh Dawara > -- > visit me at http://www.sukshma.net > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. >
I am not sure what went wrong but have you tried to set date to correct local time? >The hwclock reading is 5 minutes behind time. >The date command shows 10 minutes behind time. Try to set date to local time by executing 'date' command with -s option. Once system date is finalized then set the hwclock to system date. If above doesn't work then there may be a problem with BIOS battery. -- Rakesh P. Zingade +919420357790 -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
