Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:58:46 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slow clock on FreeBSD 7.2 on vmware Message-ID: <87aaxnn3rd.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> In-Reply-To: <4B23DED5.3010308@webtent.net> (Robert Fitzpatrick's message of "Sat\, 12 Dec 2009 13\:20\:05 -0500") References: <4B23CD8A.50203@webtent.com> <20091212175949.GB3084@ozzmosis.com> <4B23DED5.3010308@webtent.net>
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Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> writes: > On 12/12/2009 12:59 PM, andrew clarke wrote: >> On Sat 2009-12-12 12:06:18 UTC-0500, Robert Fitzpatrick (robert@webtent.com) wrote: >> >> >>> pgsql# cat /boot/loader.conf >>> kern.ipc.semmni=32 >>> kern.ipc.semmns=512 >>> hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >>> >> According to the loader.conf man page these should all be in the format: >> >> kern.ipc.semmni="32" >> kern.ipc.semmns="512" >> hint.apic.0.disabled="1" >> >> I don't know if this matters. >> >> I'm not sure hint.apic.0.disabled is valid for 7.2. sysctl -a doesn't >> list this variable on my machine. Maybe it's only available on some >> machines. >> >> >>> The only way I'm able to keep the clock up to date is to sync with >>> an Internet time server regularly. Anyone have an idea how fix this >>> issue? >>> >> Can you use ntpd? >> >> Regards >> Andrew >> > > I'm pulling from a time server now every hour, keeps it from getting > behind too much. Perhaps that is what I'll end up doing, loading the > ntp server, I guess that would keep it up to date better? Thanks. If it is consistently off by a certain amount, then you might want to look into /usr/sbin/ntptime to set a frequency offset. If it works, then you can put it into somewhere like /etc/rc.local. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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