Time problem [solved]

eelke · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject: Time problem [solved]

I have a problem with the clock on my notebook. When linux boots it doesn't seem to get the right time from the hardware clock. For instance this afternoon i set the date and time correctly and did a halt and power off. I turned my notebook on and entered the BIOS setup. BIOS gave right time, booted linux and it was 4 minutes ahead (reading back the time with hwclock gave me also a time 4 minutes ahead). The problem seems to be worse when the notebook is off for a longer period.

The clock works fine with Windows XP and used to work fine when I still used SuSE.

The notebook is an Asus 1 GHz PIII with an i830 chipset.

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

try to setup the time with ntpdate via some ntpd server.

eelke · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:49 am Post subject:

Using a ntpd server is not a solution because I do not allways have a connection.

I had a look at my notebook this morning. It had been of about 9 hours. I switched it on and checked the time in the BIOS. The time in the BIOS was ok. However after I booted linux, linux was about 35 hours ahead.

glin · n00b Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 12

eelke · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:28 am Post subject:

I found the problem. The system is correcting the time from the hardware clock using the information found in the /etc/adjtime file. The information in this file however was wrong. Removing the file solved the problem.