Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:07:17 -0700
From:      Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
Cc:        ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System clock falls behind quickly on Mac mini G4
Message-ID:  <CAHSQbTCOoYw3PcdqmBki0-Bv4cYcxAaXWT6Dx7OF0=XzaWoQ1g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140404144753.GA58190@regency.nsu.ru>
References:  <20140328071714.GA45961@regency.nsu.ru> <CAFY7cWBCFmtx4Tsg3=mSJyscpk5nCY3S6Sxy52TKEoTmy1sFPA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOtEoqG_RJ2D9vSb7mO-UfT13RZbAb04p6rV2mWLBu=H9Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140329100134.GA7863@regency.nsu.ru> <20140404144753.GA58190@regency.nsu.ru>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 05:01:34PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:28:12AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote:
>> > I'm curious on two things:
>> > 1. Is ntpd running/set in /etc/rc.conf?
>>
>> No, it's off.  I guess if I had it running it won't let the clock to
>> behave like that. :)
>
> Running ntpd(8) unfortunately does not make things better (well maybe it
> helps a bit, but clock still drifts away pretty fast).  I guess my only
> option is to run ntpdate(8) periodically. :-(
>
> ./danfe

Curious, could you post your dmesg with boot verbose?  I haven't run
into a problem with clock drift on any of my ppc machines, albeit I've
never tested on my mini.  There might be something with your PMU.

- Justin



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAHSQbTCOoYw3PcdqmBki0-Bv4cYcxAaXWT6Dx7OF0=XzaWoQ1g>