Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:29:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Charlie Root <root@pcp01840552pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <200206021829.g52ITo26020658@pcp01840552pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> To: "Charlie Root" <root@icomcast.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:29 AM > > > Charlie Root wrote: > > > i, > > > > I recently had a problem with my time keeping on a cvsup -stable > build. My kernel clock would race. Within 15 minutes from setting > localtime with date(1), my localtime would be more than .5 hrs ahead > of where it should be. > > > > When I built my kernel, I didnt use the default value "options > HZ=100". I actually used "options HZ=10". > > > > Is this the cause of my racing clock? > > > > Looking through the kernel cfg now, I may have misunderstood, > and thought "a smaller granularity" meant I had to lower the value of > the default HZ :) > > > > Any thoughts? > > For starters, if you change a default and the system doesn't work > right. Change the option back to what it was. > > > > > Also, why cant a windows client(outlook express) send mail to this > list? does anyone else have this problem? > > This is from a W2K Server using OE. I don't use OE because of the > number of MS replicated virus and worms that circulate on here. > > Kent ok, I was mailing from a win95 system. My personal machine is still a 300 Mhz AMD K6-2 :) replicants or not, I sent mail to stable@freebsd.org and freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, and neither one of them seemed to be transfered to the other subscribers. > > > > > > Thx. > > > > > > Vince > > > > (I have no witty additive!) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > . > > > > > > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ok I have done the kernel conf changes, and rebuilt. things seem to be ok. I did this before I sent the original email. Everything seemed to work ok after I deleted my HZ change. I was actually looking for confirmation that "YES your change to the kernel HZ did cause your clock to race, and also caused (which I didnt mention) your NTPD not to work :) . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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