Time synch problem

[Robert L. Cochran]

Replace the CR2032 lithium battery which is inside the computer case, on the 
motherboard.

Reset the CMOS time to agree with the actual time and make sure that Fedora 
Core has the right time zone for you.

Bob Cochran

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beartooth" <beartooth at adelphia.net>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Time synch problem


>
> A few months ago someone caught me sending a post here at a time
> ostensibly over an hour before it'd've been physically possible. Since
> then I've tried to pay more attention to a little applet down on the panel
> that gives date and time. (It helps to have a cheap atomic watch,
> especially with hands.]
>
> It seems like every time I think to look, the fool thing is at least
> several minutes off. Right now, for instance, the watch is barely short of
> 4:40, and the applet says 4:48. (I last reset it only days ago.)
>
> I know what will happen -- it never fails. I tell it to adjust; give
> root's password; change the NTP server or just disable and re-enable it --
> or merely highlight a server, any server, if none is already. It will then
> make me wait a few seconds while it contacts the server, close, and go
> back to showing the right time.
>
> What is wrong, and how do I fix it?
>
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