Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:37:33 -0800 (PST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> To: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com, mexas@bris.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntp frequent time resets - battery dead? Message-ID: <201403040937.s249bV9V042311@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140304171522.2934a2b8@X220.alogt.com>
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>From erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com Tue Mar 4 09:29:39 2014 > >Hi, > >On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:25 -0800 (PST) >Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > >> >> I see in /var/log/messages: >> >> Mar 4 00:16:40 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.291030 s >> Mar 4 00:38:02 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.344745 s >> Mar 4 00:57:37 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.338739 s >> Mar 4 01:19:45 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.355020 s >> Mar 4 01:41:34 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.365177 s >> Mar 4 01:58:41 mech-anton240 ntpd[764]: time reset +0.306982 s >> >> and so on. >> >> The correction seems large to me. >> Does this indicate that the battery is dead? > >do you reboot between? If not, it is not the battery but the quartz >used by the clock. no, no reboots at all. Please elaborate. I don't really understand you. >> >> This is on a Sun Blade 1500 silver desktop, >> about 10 years old. > >This also can happen on new hardware. But it would be real rare. Did >you check for dirt in the PCB? will do Anton
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