"Matt Filizzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Package: general
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-31
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid
>
> I don't know what is causing this problem but all I know is that I have
> narrowed it down to being caused either by a package or by the install
> system. I installed from the woody install disks then upgraded to sid.
> What happenes is that the time jumps ahead then back, eg (this is output
> from "while true; do date;done"
>
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:26 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 20:19:01 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:27 EDT 2002
> Sat Aug 31 19:07:27 EDT 2002
>
> The only thing I did differently then previous installs was I told the
> installer that it could set the bios go UTC. The only time it is really
> noticable is when in X, the screensaver kicks in when it jumps.
I can confirm that this bug happens on my system as well, even as far
as the time jump being approximately 71 minutes. I had ntpd
installed. I've recently tried disabling ntpd, but since it happens
very sporadically for me, I can't tell yet whether disabling that
works -- it sometimes takes on the order of several weeks of uptime
before it happens.
My bios clock is also set to UTC. I didn't even think of that as a
possible cause before, but I don't see how this could be the cause
since, as far as I know, the bios clock is only read or set at boot
time or shutdown.
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