Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:20:21 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ryan Winograd <rylwin@houston.rr.com> Subject: Re: Clock running fast Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050504161925.425f3100@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <20050504210729.GA9758@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20050504154906.4311e370@209.152.117.178> <42792740.3040501@houston.rr.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20050504154906.4311e370@209.152.117.178>
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At 16:07 5/4/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0500, W. D. wrote: >> At 14:49 5/4/2005, Ryan Winograd, wrote: >> >Hi all, >> >I recently noticed that the system clock on a machine i recently set up= =20 >> >is running very quickly, about 2x realtime by my measuring. What can i= =20 >> >do to solve/investigate this problem? What information would be helpful? >>=20 >> http://www.Google.com/search?q=3Dinstall+ntp+on+FreeBSD > >Unfortunately ntp will not always help in these situations, because >the time is changing too quickly/slowly to keep up with. The OP >should check whether changing the kern.timecounter.hardware sysctl to >one of the other values listed in kern.timecounter.choice will fix the >problem (they are ranked in order of quality). Also look for a BIOS >update for your system - that may fix it. > >Kris Also: sometimes the clock speeds up when the battery is dying. Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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