On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 11.09.2012 12:15, schrieb mike cloaked: >> Recently I changed permanently to systemd - however I have noticed >> that the system clock is out by some minutes just after I have booted >> up and see for example: >> >> [mike@lapmike3 ~]$ chronyc tracking >> Reference ID : 178.32.55.58 (gateway.omega.org.uk) >> Stratum : 3 >> Ref time (UTC) : Tue Sep 11 10:03:20 2012 >> System time : 158.888610840 seconds fast of NTP time >> Frequency : 5.454 ppm fast >> Residual freq : -1.577 ppm >> Skew : 13.260 ppm >> Root delay : 0.062475 seconds >> Root dispersion : 0.029119 seconds > > Does chrony install a .list file to /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d? > >> I would not mind a second or two out - but 158 seconds is not >> acceptable - and if I reboot then the clock is immediately out by the >> same amount until it eventually re-syncs after quite a long time (10s >> of minutes!) > > Your /etc/adjtime probably contains a faulty adjustment value. Delete > it, hwclock --systohc, then reboot. > Thanks Thomas - I will check and report back later..... and try your suggestion too. -- mike c