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From: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
Cc: linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: System clock running too fast
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:50:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1085518232.8653.10.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200405251939.47165.mbuesch@freenet.de>

On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 10:39, Michael Buesch wrote:
> I've got the problem with my server, that the system-clock
> is running really fast. It's running over one second too
> fast in one hour (aproximately).
> 
> The CPU of this machine is underclocked.
> It's a Pentium-1 133Mhz running at 75Mhz. All other hardware
> is running in its specifications. Can underclocking the CPU
> make the clock running faster? (I never saw a clock running
> slower on overclocked CPUs. 8-) )

Try setting up ntpd to correct for your system's drift (1sec/hour ~=
277ppm drift).

thanks
-john



      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-05-25 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-25 17:39 Michael Buesch
2004-05-25 18:13 ` Petri Kaukasoina
2004-05-25 18:45 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-05-25 18:49   ` Michael Buesch
2004-05-25 19:13     ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-05-25 19:46 ` Benoît Dejean
2004-05-25 20:25   ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-25 20:34     ` Michael Buesch
2004-05-25 20:43     ` Benoît Dejean
2004-05-25 20:50 ` john stultz [this message]

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