Bill Diamond wrote:
>I have recently built a new server using CentOS4. I've found one major
>oddity: time resolution is completely whacked.
>
>I'm not using an external time source nor am I relying on NTP for time
>resolution. For some reason, time on this server moves forward at a far
>more rapid rate.
>
>Right now, all my other systems show Sunday May 8, 3:19 pm. The CentOS
>server thinks its Monday May 9, 3:54 pm. I just reset it about four
>hours ago to the correct time.
>
>I'm using an inexpensive eMachines T6212 AMD Athon 64 processor and 1 GB
>RAM.
>
>Can anyone suggest a reason why this server thinks it's 25 hours in the
>future and growing more distant with each minute?
>
>
>
Sounds like it's got a defective hardware clock chip (not a software
issue at all). If it annoys you, you could always just get a new one
(computer or mboard). Or just set up a cron job to run once an hour and
use ntp to set the hardware clock back to the correct time.
Cheers,
C
