Blars Blarson, 2003-Jun-20 18:59 -0700: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >My laptop, a Dell Latitude C610 running Sarge, has been losing time to > >the tune of about 15-20 minutes every 12 hours. > > Is this happening when the system is off or when the system is booted > into debian? If the former, then there is a problem with the > motherboard timekeeping. If it is the latter, and the rate is > constant, you can compensate with the tickadj command. For my Dell > inspiron 8200, I use tickadj 10270 (2.7% fast) to get it close enough > to keep in sync with ntp. The tickadj only takes affect until the > system is shut down, so I put it into an init script.
It happens either way. I loses time while running and when it's turned off. I looked around for "tickadj" and can't seem to find it. What package would it be a part of? jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
