[ltp] Massive clock drift on new thinkpad R32

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:44:11 -0500, Marc C Greenfield wrote:
> Replace the cmos battery.  The timing of the problem is probably just
> coincidental.
> Marc

I would have said that the CMOS battery only used if the machine is
switched off.

> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm wondering whether anyone on-list can provide me with some advice
> > regarding a clock-drift problem I have (only recently, I think?!)
> > started experiencing with my new R32 thinkpad. I am running debian linux
> > (woody) on the testing branch (if that matters at all).
> >
> > I seem to be drifting around 80 seconds (1m20s) for each hour that
> > passes on the system. I have pasted a couple of ntpdate outputs below
> > for those interested:
> >
> > peterson@buran:~$ ss ntpdate ntp.atnf.csiro.au
> > 20 Nov 10:45:24 ntpdate[1134]: adjust time server 130.155.194.32 offset
> > 0.279852 sec
> > peterson@buran:~$ ss ntpdate ntp.atnf.csiro.au
> > 20 Nov 11:29:37 ntpdate[1325]: step time server 130.155.194.32 offset
> > 53.068004 sec
> >
> >
> > This doesn't seem normal at all to me. I would expect clock drift in the
> > order of tens of a second over this time, not tens of seconds (two
> > orders of magnitude greater). Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I
> > can solve the problem, or is it time to call IBM for a warranty claim.
> > Is this kind of behaviour even covered under warranty!?
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
> >
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> 
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