On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 14:51 -0500, Lance A. Brown wrote: > No computer clock is ever perfect, which is why we have Network Time > Protocol. :-) If your desktop or laptop completely looses its time when > you turn it off, the CMOS battery is dead/dieing and needs to be replaced. > > I would recommend using ntpd running as a daemon to manage the clock on > both your desktop and laptop. Directions for installing and configuring > NTP for debian/ubuntu are available at http://wiki.debian.org/NTP. > > The ntpd daemon will sync your computer's clock with internet sources > and keep it closely aligned over time. > > --[Lance] > Hello Lance,
I bought two new batteries for the laptop about a year ago and it only lost four minutes in that time. The desktop is a hand me down from my brother Mel which I got more recently. I do not know how come it is about ten minutes fast. I will go to the site you recommend and make sure that the ntpd is installed and configured. I will let you know how I make out when I have time to deal with it. I plan on being at the December meeting. Thanks for the help. 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
