Re: dntpd

[Peter Avalos <pavalos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 02:27:49PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :This is crazy:
> :
> :# grep ntpd /var/log/all.log
> :Jun 24 02:06:39 ylem dntpd[629]: issuing frequency adjustment: 338.189ppm
> :Jun 24 02:22:27 ylem dntpd[629]: issuing offset adjustment: 3.743491
> :...
> :
> :There's no servers directive, so here's what dntpd.conf looks like:
> :
> :# cat /etc/dntpd.conf
> :server us.pool.ntp.org
> :server us.pool.ntp.org
> :server us.pool.ntp.org
> :server us.pool.ntp.org
> :
> :Operating on -HEAD sources as of June 22.
> 
>     Does your machine have a history of problems keeping time or is this
>     something new?  Have you changed your video settings or operation 
>     recently?... video bioses are known to mess up 8254 based timing
>     (which also means you are running without ACPI).  What kind of machine
>     is it?
> 

This is new.  The only change I made was I replaced one of my hard drives
with a bigger one.

The machine is a dual Xeon.  I'm not using ACPI.  I suppose I'll try the
walltimer.

--Peter

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