Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Randolph Bentson <bentson@grieg.holmsjoen.com>
To: chuck@digmo.org <chuck@digmo.org>; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
<linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: System Time Growing Off
>Chuck Carson <chuck@digmo.org> writes:
>
>> I have noticed that my system clock progressively grows off.
>...
>> Does anyone know the cause and a fix for this problem?
>
>I suggest you look into the use of "tickadj". Your system
>clock is generating slightly more or less than 100 ticks
>per second. Tickadj allows you to add slightly less or
>more than 10,000 microseconds to the clock at each tick.
>
>If you have a fixed connection to the Internet, you can
>use xntpd for a while to determine the best values. If
>you can afford the memory footprint, you can use xntpd
>all the time.
>
>Randolph Bentson
>bentson@grieg.seaslug.org
>http://www.ssc.com/ssc/insidelinux
>
>