My RH 8.0 Linux machine loses or gains time every 12-20 minutes while it is running. The time changes that I have experienced range from +/- 13 hours to as little as +/- 32 seconds (see sample logs below). I use my Linux machine as a Samba file server for a Windows 2K laptop (provided by my employer) in my home office. Every time the time shift occurs, I lose all network connectivity to my RH machine. (I have tested and the problem also occurs on other client PC's running different OS's). I must then go to the console on the RH machine and stop and start iptables in order for my Win2K machine to see my RH machine again. Here are the Facts: 1) This problem did not occur on the same hardware when I was running SuSE 6.4 2) This problem started when I installed RH 7.3 3) The problem continues under RH 8.0 4) My hardware is a dual boot RH 8.0 / Windoze 98 (for my wife and kids) HP Vectra VLi8. 5) The time is very accurate while running Win 98 6) When I lose connectivity from my Win2K machine I can not even ping the RH machine. At the same time, If I go to the console of my RH machine I have full network connectivity to my Win2K machine and the Internet. 7) The time drifts occur every 12-20 minutes thus rendering my RH machine pretty useless as a file server. 8) I wrote a script that records the date and then sleeps for 2 seconds. Below are several snippets of the output from my script. In the date/time sequences pay attention to the 3rd and 4th entries - this is where the date shift occurs....... System Boot at Approx 21:25:33 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
