Charlie McVeigh wrote:
/ 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
/>/
/Hmmm. Is ntpd running by chance?
Cheers--
Charles
I should have anticipated your question. No, ntpd is not running
Charlie
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