Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:25:58 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com> Cc: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad system clock Message-ID: <20060812141802.M1240@www.pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20060812114820.92431.qmail@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060812114820.92431.qmail@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Hello Girish! > --- "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> for some time now my system clock really goes wrong >> (some hours >> per day). Is there some simple way to find out if >> this is caused >> by a hardware or software problem? >> By "simple" I mean without installing a different OS >> or buying a >> new computer? > My God! Buying a new computer is a simple solution? > :-) > > I think for a few Euro cents or DM you can simply buy > yourself a new CMOS battery and you should be set. Wouldn't there be a complaint about low battery or something during boot up? > > You have not given enough details about your problem. I can't: it's just my clock going wrong. > Did you try installed ntp? Yes, it doesn't help. ntpdate will set the clock correctly at boot time but soon afterwards it's all bad again. Uli. ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************
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