Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:02:59 -0500 From: Jimi Thompson <jimit@myrealbox.com> To: Shane Kinney <shane@freebsdhackers.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: calcru negative time error Message-ID: <a05200f0ebb042b086ea1@[10.10.10.2]> In-Reply-To: <20030603235550.L98296-100000@sigma.freebsdhackers.net> References: <a05200f0cbb03274e8e73@[10.10.10.2]> <20030603235550.L98296-100000@sigma.freebsdhackers.net>
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At 11:58 PM -0500 6/3/03, Shane Kinney wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jimi Thompson wrote: > >> >>http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#CALCRU-NEGATIV > >> That web page said to enter this command (which I do not have a good >> understanding of but did anyway) > > > > # sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1 >> >> which I did, but apparently my 5.0 doesn't like that because it >> promptly spit back: >> >> sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.timecounter.method' > >I looked at that FAQ page, and right underneath where it lists that >command it says the following: > >Note: The -w option of sysctl(8) is deprecated and silently ignored in >FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE and all newer versions. You can safely ommit it when >setting options with sysctl as shown above. > >I'd give it a try with out the '-w' flag. Although I don't know if it'll fix >your issues. Just maybe a step in the right direction. It still generates the exact same error message > > Thanks, >> Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. > >~Shane Kinney > >Web: http://www.freebsdhackers.net >IRC: irc.freebsdhackers.net #freebsd >PGP: http://www.freebsdhackers.net/pgp >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iD8DBQE+3XyIgsso3QO013ERAqQ5AKCOOAzKidPBCGCJ2W/Jb23nXdCRwACeIzOO >T7nUctlbH/J02Ewo7JO/fX0= >=bkPR >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Thanks, Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP, Rev. "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." --Plato
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