Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:58:40 -0500 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: "Jim McIver" <jmciver@lmtribune.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: clock problem Message-ID: <20020104235840.233e4b1d.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <3C359D86.21985.57D65F4E@localhost> References: <3C359D86.21985.57D65F4E@localhost>
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:18:12 -7 "Jim McIver" <jmciver@lmtribune.com> wrote: > I'm recently installed Freebsd 4.4 and clock is gaining over an hour in > a 24 hour period. > I had a machine that couldn't keep time properly a while back, I had to adjust the Timecounter "i8254" frequency and/or Timecounter "TSC" frequency. Don't remember how I calibrated it but I have: options CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION options CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION in my kernel configuration file, and it keeps good enough time for (x)ntpd to adjust. [Too large a variation and ntpd fails to sync] -- I call it "No-Pants Wonderday," but it turns out the police just call it "Thursday." Go figure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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