There is nothing different between Debian and other Linux distros. If your clocks are losing time then you need to replace the battery that powers the RTC (it is a round battery on the motherboard).
You may not be able to replace the battery on the laptop, in which case your best bet is to have a cron job that runs every five minutes that runs ntpdate. This command should do the trick: "sudo crontab -e" For a crontab entry, something like this might work: 0 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Michael John Walters <walte...@telusplanet.net> wrote: > I have been wondering how come Debian Squeeze does not seem to handle > the ntp time server well. > > My desktop computer and my laptop computer both have Debian Squeeze as > their only operating system. > > The desktop, which I rarely shut down, seems to be about ten minutes > fast. > > The laptop, which I always shut down right after I use it seems to be > about three minutes slow. > > It seems that my cell phone is the only reliable source of time signal > to which I have access. > > Could someone please let me know how Debian Squeeze handles its time > stamp? > > Regards, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
