super slow clock

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:01:04 +1000
James McDonald <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:

> David A. Bandel wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > OK, now I've seen it all (or maybe not, but I've not seen this
> > before). I have a system that has suddenly developed a super slow
> > clock.  That is, it looses 30 seconds per minute.  NTP couldn't keep
> > it up to date, so now I'm running ntpdate via crontab every 15
> > minutes.  It still hoses the MRTG output -- you can actually _see_
> > the updates every 15 minutes as a gap in the graphs.
> >
> > This is driving me nuts.  Apart from syncing time every 60 seconds
> > (or less), I don't know how to fix this.  Anyone got any bright
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > David A. Bandel
> 
> new cmos battery?

it's running off a UPS.  The system clock is loosing time.  If the
system were off, I'd change the CMOS battery, but even if the CMOS
battery were dead it shouldn't affect the system clock while the system
is running.  However, next time I'm in the neighborhood I'll see if I
can remember to change it.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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