Josce Unknown schrieb: >>> Well if the PC clock was correct all the time I would probably not have >>> to use the set time function :) > >> Yes, but typically PC HW clock does not drift so much. You could use >> hwclock --systohc (and possibly --utc or --localtime) after letting >> the vdr to set the system clock. > > I am sure this would fix the problem. However, is this really the way it > should work? > The clock is four minutes off, let's PANIC? > > To be honest, I have seen a lot of worse PC clocks around than the one I > have > on my spare computer ... > > Josce Hi all, Josc, i would say your oppinion is correct, the real problem here is not the clock beeing off 4 Minutes, it is the way vdr changes the local clock without noticing his internal watchdog about this discontinuit in the timebase. I would call it a bug. either it should adjust the clock in steps of a few seconds like ntpd does or it should tell his own watchdog to ignore this "jump" in time. Christoph _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr