[ltp] Massive clock drift on new thinkpad R32

[Marc C Greenfield]

Replace the cmos battery.  The timing of the problem is probably just
coincidental.
Marc

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Peterson" <peterson@ee.usyd.edu.au>
To: "linux-thinkpad" <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:09 AM
Subject: [ltp] Massive clock drift on new thinkpad R32


>
>
> 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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