Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 23:52:24 -0500 From: Jimi Thompson <jimit@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: calcru negative time error Message-ID: <a05200f0cbb03274e8e73@[10.10.10.2]>
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Please cc me on all replies as I am not subscribed to the list. The machine in question is running FreeBSD 5.0 Stable. Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I did read the FAQ which pointed me to this item on the freebsd site: 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' 1) Is there another similar command that will do the same thing? 2) Will this stop the error messages? 3) Will this break anything else? Since the command given doesn't work, I'm not really sure what do next. The web page says that if this command doesn't solve the problem that you should "set the NTIMECOUNTER option in your kernel to increasingly large values" but offers absolutely no information on how to proceed to do this. 1) Will this make the errors stop? 2) Will this break anything else? 3) Where are the directions on setting the NTIMECOUNTER option? In all honesty, I have have never tinkered with my kernel. It works and it is stable so I leave it alone. I know that the calcru error messages are pesky, but the machine doesn't seem to be having any problems. It's logs are normal, I ran top and that looks good, it's been up for months with out any apparent issues. I'm rather tempted just to leave it and ignore the errors. I keep hearing my Dad's voice "If it ain't broke....." Any help appreciated. -- 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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