[ltp] Clock losing time

[Norman Levin]

Jim Redmond wrote:
>> Most internal system clocks become "off" over time and must be
>> corrected.  You should probably look into an NTP client package,
>> which will update the system clock based on "reliable" timeservers.
>> On Debian, you can just apt-get install ntpdate (an NTP client for
>> laptops and other machines with inconstant network connections) and
>> point it to a local timeserver or two (you should be able to google
>> some).
>>
>> On my 760XL, I've been running ntpdate for several months.  As a
>> result, that laptop's clock is the most accurate clock in my house.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Martin Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a ThinkPad 600E, which I keep regularly updated with the
>>> latest version of Debian Woody.  A couple of months ago, the clock
>>> started losing time; I think it loses a few minutes for each
>>> hibernation.  Has anybody else noticed this problem?  Any idea what
>>> might be causing it?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Martin Bright
>>>
I seem to remember this wasn't a TP600 problem but one that was general.
I remember getting an announcment email from IBM years ago saying there was
a little module you could obtain at their thinkpad driver update site (think
it was there) that would fix this problem.  That was for win95 and win98 systems.
It applied to my TP385ED and lots of other systems.
norm


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