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Date:      Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:54:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Yaning Wang <yaning@shell.dave-world.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: calcru: ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971224145305.10003P-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <34A0AE09.7233@shell.dave-world.net>

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On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Yaning Wang wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have installed FreeBSD(2.2.1) into my old PC (pentium 60).
> Every thing seems fine, except from time to time the following
> message poped out to the console:
> 	
> 	calcru: negative time: -(some number) usec
> 
> It does not seem to have any other negative impact to the usage
> of FreeBSD.
> Can anyone tell me what the message means, what is the cause ?

I think the last explanation for this is one of the following:

1.  Your system clock isn't consistent.
2.  Your system is blocking interrupts for excessive periods of time.  

It's harmless, if annoying.  Check the mail archives, particularly on
-hackers.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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