--- P V Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Why does my hardware clock go slow after every > time I run Linux? > > Evidently Debian resets the hardware clock to > the system clock > every time it shuts down. How ever the system loads > the time from > the hard ware clock when Debian boots up. If it can > rely on the > hard ware clock at start-up why can't rely on it at > shut down too? > > Also the time maintained by the system should > be more > accurate than the hard ware clock. In my case why is > it not so? > Since I have compiled the kernel, I might have > missed some > important configuration option? > > This problem has developed recently. I regularly > update the sid > version that I am using. > > Thanks > p v mathew > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
In my experience, this can be a rather nebulous "head-scratcher" of a problem. After fiddling with it for a bit on my fiancee's machine, I just installed ntpdate and was done with it. ~Z -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]