[H-GEN] Clock problems

[Steven McIntyre]

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 11:15:54AM +1000, Marshall, Joshua wrote:
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> 
> Then I ran hwclock --show and got something similar to the following (can't
> remember the exact number)
> 
> Fri Aug 24 12:09:51 2001  -4321.64234 seconds
> 
> uptime shows the actual time, all other logfiles seem to show the correct
> time, a hwclock --systohc does nothing.
> 
> I'm running the ntp package (from Debian potato) - I'm not sure if this has
> anything to do with it.
> 
> Has anyone had any similar problems? The system is stable for everything
> else.

  Determine if this is hardware related.  Use the CMOS to check the system
time and figure out if the battery needs to be replaced on the board.
I see this daily at work, a battery replacement under warranty - oh its
so expensive...

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Steven McIntyre
stev at uq.net.au

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