From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Oct 18 10: 9:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from FreeBSD.stillaway.net (ip-208-181-73-176.adsl.radiant.net [208.181.73.176]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB9237B4D7 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tuxbsd.stillaway.net (ip-208-181-73-175.adsl.radiant.net [208.181.73.175]) by FreeBSD.stillaway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA29421 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:09:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@stillaway.net) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:09:17 -0700 From: Steven Stillaway Reply-To: Steven Stillaway To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System time Message-ID: <19180000.971888957@tuxbsd.stillaway.net> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.5a7 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Now that explains why my laptop keeps losing time so badly. ;) I hadn't thought of that. On my servers I run ntpdate and connect to a time server that is local and accepts anonymous connections (most universities run them -- there is a list somewhere do a search on time servers). I just set this up as a cron job. The problem with a laptop is what time can you run the cron job what you know it will be connected to the internet. If you wanted to be really keen you could right a cron script that checks if you are connected and if not delays itself for awhile. Sound like too much work for me. I just run ntpdate from the command line periodically. --On 10/17/00 09:26:02 +0000 Rick Hamell wrote: > > Anyone know of a way to get the system time to update itself after > the machine comes out of power saving mode? I've lost about 3 days on my > laptop now. I can change it manaully... prefer to let the system do it > automatically. :) > > Rick > > ******************************************************************* > Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd > Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware > ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message ---------------------------------------- Steven Stillaway steve@stillaway.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message