On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 06:05, Greg Murphy wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> My computer for some reason seems to be losing time at a rate of about 20 
> minutes per 10-15 hours. I was under the impression that linux keeps track of 
> the time from clock cycles. I have not rebooted my machine in a week, so if 
> that previous assumption is correct, then that would rule out the cmos 
> battery. What could cause this loss of time. The only thing that has been 
> slightly different that I can think that might could cause it is that lately 
> I have been constantly running some intensive tasks reniced to +19. Could 
> something like that cause this problem, or is my problem elsewhere? Any 
> ideas? Thanks.

What kernel are you using? What motherboard?

2.4.18 has time keeping problems on a via chipset motherboard.

Kind Regards
Crispin

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