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  From: Nick Morrison <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  To  : linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 12:41:39 +1030

Groovy date problem - revisited

Hey people :)

Remember I had a problem with my system clock not updating properly?

Well, have a look at this - the problem seems to have grown and mutated
slightly:

[root@neptune /root]# cat /var/log/messages | grep set_rtc_mmss
Jan  7 14:20:38 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 2 to 50
Jan  7 14:21:39 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 3 to 51
Jan  7 14:22:40 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 4 to 52
Jan  7 14:23:41 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 5 to 53
Jan  7 14:24:42 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 6 to 54
Jan  7 14:25:43 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 7 to 55
Jan  7 14:26:44 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 8 to 56
Jan  7 14:27:45 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 9 to 57
Jan  7 14:28:46 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 10 to 58
Jan  7 14:29:47 neptune kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 11 to 59
[root@neptune /root]# 

Anyone have any thoughts?

Most interesting is the times it occurs - 20:38, 21:39, 22:40 etc..
anyone ever seen anything like this before?

I'm running:

[root@neptune /root]# uname -a
Linux neptune.bhwb.local 2.2.5-22 #1 Wed Jun 2 09:17:03 EDT 1999 i686 \
unknown

.. which is basically a standard RH6.0 installation.

The clock on this machine seems to be slowly slipping backwards - every
few days I'm having to reset it.

Freaky!

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 Nick Morrison                                      nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au
 ITO, Broken Hill Water Board                Broken Hill, New South Wales
 Phone: (08) 8082 5813                               Mobile: 0414 860 844
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