[NTLUG:Discuss] clock issues

[Fred James]

The box (info below) never seemed to be able to keep time, no matter how 
I set it (Mandrake Control Center, or command line).  Synchronizing with 
another server is not an option.  I was just about to change the 
battery, before exploring the MiniHOWTO on Clock, when I noticed 
something that I don't know why I didn't see it before.

I could set the time, and within a very short time the time was fast by 
about 2 minutes - very repeatable - so the problem was in the hardware 
and software clocks being out of sync

'hwclock --show;date' proved this to be true.
'hwclock --set --date="n/nn/nn nn:nn:nn"' set the hardware clock to the 
correct time (close enough anyway)
'hwclock --show;date' proves the two are now in sync.

Regards
Fred James


Dell Dimension XPS T700r
Intel Pentium III Model 8 (Coppermine) 700 MHz
Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.1