[rhn-users] System Time Fast

[Brad Sharpe]

I've turned off any kind of ntp synchronization. I set the clock using 
hwclock -s and wait a minute and then do a hwclock && date and compare the 
two times. Each time they increase about 10 seconds for each minute.

Brad

At 09:56 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:

>Are you using xntpd or some other clock-syncronizing software?
>I wonder if there is some kind of leap-frog condition where
>they are setting their clocks ahead of one another for some reason.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Brad Sharpe
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:52 AM
>To: Red Hat Network Users List
>Subject: RE: [rhn-users] System Time Fast
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>
>This is happening across 6 brand new servers and I don't think that all of
>them have a CMOS battery problem.
>
>At 09:47 AM 4/21/2006, Jon Etkins wrote:
> >Check the CMOS battery.  We experienced similar symptoms on an IBM box
> >here, and simply replacing the battery resolved it.
> >
> >
> >Jon Etkins
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> >On Behalf Of Brad Sharpe
> >Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:39 AM
> >To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> >Subject: [rhn-users] System Time Fast
> >
> >I'm running a HP ML370 Server (Dual CPU) with RHEL 4 and I'm finding
> >that the system time is running extremely fast. I do a hwclock and it
> >reports the correct time but when I do a date the system seems to gain
> >almost 2 minutes every 5 minutes passed. Any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Brad
> >
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