From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 17:02:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9485016A41A for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30FA613C4A6 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 15406 invoked by uid 399); 28 Oct 2007 17:02:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 28 Oct 2007 17:02:13 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:02:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Eugene Grosbein In-Reply-To: <20071028083955.GA69713@svzserv.kemerovo.su> Message-ID: References: <20071028083955.GA69713@svzserv.kemerovo.su> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMOS, daylight saving time and dual-boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:02:14 -0000 On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > It was tuned off yesterday evening and turned back on today, > loading FreeBSD. Meantime the switch from Summer Time to Standard Time > has ocurred. There is 'ntpd_enable="YES"' in /etc/rc.conf. > Nothing in a system reacted on the end of Summer Time period, > so ntpd just complained about 3600 seconds exceeded sanity limit > and bailed out (documented behavour). Right. You're looking at this as a DST problem, when in reality it's just a "clock is too far off for ntpd to sync normally" problem. You want to have a more general solution for that problem in any case. Adding ntpd_sync_on_start to /etc/rc.conf is one way to accomplish that, there are others of course. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection