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  From: Jerry Boyko <jboyko@sympatico.ca>
  To  : Nick Morrison" <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>, "linuxsa <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:52:20 -0500

Re: Groovy date problem - revisited

hi, i had a similar problem, it was the battery on my mother board, i
changed it and the problem went away.

jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Morrison" <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
To: "linuxsa" <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:11 PM
Subject: 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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