From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 09:07:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD69BCDD for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eu1sys200aog110.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog110.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDB3E769 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com ([74.125.82.52]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob110.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUxWXz/BqNgsS07Y1iBQl+w2WHK3yoWps@postini.com; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:07:55 UTC Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k14so2764675wgh.11 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to; bh=tJ0LfRfStvGV6TY9gVs3JqLnhe/C42iwcge2mT4czUI=; b=hnatRFY8V4YuBoUqXOPgRvX0LNN5Cc72g8PWLcEXIbj3S5hmbIY+nQxyh86ziq/q1g VKQfjI9E6TjTG+I3FgSJVWToU07SWnrVGRgPcVLkUpi1Ln6XZ2rW+MMbpM487Uq2bUqR O3OjQstH5X4/wfI+aFvzcWI6wJUx3g5mUGt0XEYYygfklTLWXqlEjyHom3Az0BeUfgHz hIJkQwF0V4KnkR4/rfJ/cImD+9Rhi/eCfFxm7Oyaz0tLPzq5o8urwGDGDXM00MeQW3Zf 9XQ3im5Z717OOaanURxFelV5FAiPc0JEnnrjfhAtmucZph9jOJUQt3+zztsvgqfj499K mF5g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmFKL4cxi9178FU5YyOnGUnwcL5y7pVaIB/OolDcdT9uPdaTjr/TWCNxGizkYNenZzM6fJg5VTpiNC76nn/zqrnjkeY2tTUbjuZlT1WR9YhObqT34TahBkl+GTZAF+4GJSZyM/M6GN+vP6R7DUeg1weEW/w6WCkAacpAOonrvKBPg4hu7cz56lz2/3DqSe/j54rw6pd X-Received: by 10.194.94.162 with SMTP id dd2mr14015895wjb.66.1393924046094; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:26 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.194.94.162 with SMTP id dd2mr14015886wjb.66.1393924046020; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 15sm33957837wjo.13.2014.03.04.01.07.23 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:25 -0800 (PST) Sender: Anton Shterenlikht Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id s2497MF2042116 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:07:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6/Submit) id s2497MvI042115 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:07:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas) Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:25 -0800 (PST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201403040907.s2497MvI042115@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ntp frequent time resets - battery dead? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:07:55 -0000 I see in /var/log/messages: Mar 4 00:16:40 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.291030 s Mar 4 00:38:02 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.344745 s Mar 4 00:57:37 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.338739 s Mar 4 01:19:45 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.355020 s Mar 4 01:41:34 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.365177 s Mar 4 01:58:41 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.306982 s and so on. The correction seems large to me. Does this indicate that the battery is dead? This is on a Sun Blade 1500 silver desktop, about 10 years old. Thanks Anton