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Subject: Re: Bad system clock
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:


Hello Girish!

> --- "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> for some time now my system clock really goes wrong
>> (some hours
>> per day). Is there some simple way to find out if
>> this is caused
>> by a hardware or software problem?
>> By "simple" I mean without installing a different OS
>> or buying a
>> new computer?
> My God! Buying a new computer is a simple solution?
> :-)
>
> I think for a few Euro cents or DM you can simply buy
> yourself a new CMOS battery and you should be set.
Wouldn't there be a complaint about low battery or something 
during boot up?

>
> You have not given enough details about your problem.
I can't: it's just my clock going wrong.

> Did you try installed ntp?
Yes, it doesn't help. ntpdate will set the clock correctly at 
boot time but soon afterwards it's all bad again.

Uli.


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