[ltp] [R40] improper clock

[Ch. Veith]

hello,
what could be wrong under the hood? any guess?

Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Ch. Veith wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> my clock in kde is going wrong. it is corrected by ntp-client on boot 
>> - after two days of running it is about 3 hours wrong. I think the 
>> system-clock is involved too...
>> Is this a known problem? how can it be fixed?
>>
> 
> You could try running ntp-client manually from the command line (or the 
> very similar ntpdate). A better approach would be to run an NTP daemon 
> (ntpd) which keeps your system clock constantly in sync with an internet 
> time server and should cope with any drift whilst your machine is 
> powered up.
> 
> On a side note, I'd be a bit worried if my system clock drifted by 3 
> hours over 2 days (3 minutes might be about right) - perhaps there is 
> something wrong under the hood?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tony
>