From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265214AbUEYUuj (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 16:50:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265224AbUEYUuj (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 16:50:39 -0400 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.132]:28573 "EHLO e34.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265214AbUEYUuh (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 16:50:37 -0400 Subject: Re: System clock running too fast From: john stultz To: Michael Buesch Cc: linux kernel mailing list In-Reply-To: <200405251939.47165.mbuesch@freenet.de> References: <200405251939.47165.mbuesch@freenet.de> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1085518232.8653.10.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:50:32 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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