On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:56:21 +1000 Mark Jeffree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My PS3 has been running YDL 5.0.2 continuously for about a week. I > > tested the time + date, it was OK. So I rebooted it just to test > > the time. The time + date is still OK. I am in Brisbane, Australia > > timezone, so currently same time as you (+10 hours). > > > > Whenever faced with strange time problems like this, I always > > suggest replacing the motherboard battery. 99% of the time that > > fixes things. You didn't state what hardware you are running YDL > > on, so I can't comment on motherboard issues. > > The platform is a PS3 with BIOS updated two weeks ago before I > installed YDL 5.0.2. The battery should still be fine and it's not > that the clock resets or the local oscillator shuts down when I power > down and would be relying on the battery. It's two days late ??!! PS3's are too new to be having motherboard battery problems. I don't think it is a user replaceable part anyway. > I also tried setting the date two days AHEAD, but that didn't fix it > either. I tried connecting to *any* of the ntp servers listed in the > KDE Control Module and they all fail, and none of those correspond to > the /etc/ntp.conf ones anyway. I don't have any confidence that NTP is > starting. Now that is interesting. Could it be that it is syncing up with a broken external clock? Try setting it to a complete wrong time, then reboot. See if you still get the correct time, but two days late. Or something may be corrupt on your hard drive that is causing this.
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