Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 11:52:20 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Charlie Root <root@pcp01840552pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3CFA6964.40105@owt.com> References: <200206021829.g52ITo26020658@pcp01840552pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net>
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Charlie Root wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> > To: "Charlie Root" <root@icomcast.net> > Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:29 AM > > > >> >>Charlie Root wrote: >> >> >>>i, >>> >>>I recently had a problem with my time keeping on a cvsup -stable >>> >>build. My kernel clock would race. Within 15 minutes from setting >>localtime with date(1), my localtime would be more than .5 hrs ahead >>of where it should be. >> >>> When I built my kernel, I didnt use the default value "options >>> >>HZ=100". I actually used "options HZ=10". >> >>> Is this the cause of my racing clock? >>> >>> Looking through the kernel cfg now, I may have misunderstood, >>> >>and thought "a smaller granularity" meant I had to lower the value of >>the default HZ :) >> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>For starters, if you change a default and the system doesn't work >>right. Change the option back to what it was. >> >> >>>Also, why cant a windows client(outlook express) send mail to this >>> >>list? does anyone else have this problem? >> >>This is from a W2K Server using OE. I don't use OE because of the >>number of MS replicated virus and worms that circulate on here. >> >>Kent >> > ok, I was mailing from a win95 system. My personal machine is still a 300 Mhz AMD K6-2 > :) > replicants or not, I sent mail to stable@freebsd.org and > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, and neither one of them seemed to be transfered to the other subscribers. I think something else may be going on. I received the direct one on urx.com hours before this one showed up. There is a problem if your domain is localhost and you sent it as root@localhost. I don't know the interactions there. Your header shows Received: (from root@localhost) by pcp01840552pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g52ITo26020658 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:29:51 -0400 (EDT) Kent > > > >>> >>>Thx. >>> >>> >>>Vince >>> >>>(I have no witty additive!) >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >>> >>>. >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Kent Stewart >>Richland, WA >> >>http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >> > > > ok > I have done the kernel conf changes, and rebuilt. > things seem to be ok. > > I did this before I sent the original email. Everything seemed to work ok after I deleted my HZ change. > > I was actually looking for confirmation that "YES your change to the kernel HZ did cause your clock to race, and also caused (which I didnt mention) your NTPD not to work :) > . > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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