[mythtv-users] Fedora 7 clock drift

[Mike Perkins]

Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Monday 08 October 2007 11:18, Tom Dexter wrote:
>> On 10/8/07, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>>> I am wondering if any Myth users have been seeing clock-drift with
>>>> Fedora 7. I was wondering what was going on when my evening recordings
>>>> began to start noticeably late.
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>> Is ntpd an option for you? It's what I use on all my pcs.
>>>
>>> Mike Perkins
>> I'd have to second that...I'd never run a mythbackend without it.  I
>> have my ntpd.conf set up with about six open stratum 2 servers to make
>> sure the clock's always synchronized.
>>
>> Tom
> 
> I will probably do this too now. I guess I got lucky with my FC5 initial 
> setup. I did a quick survey of the dozen machines I have access to and they 
> do vary especially for later kernels, and from what I've read for various 
> reasons.
> 
Now I think about it, I seem to remember a thread on here a while back about 
clock drift... can't remember the details, or the resolution to the problem. 
Might have had something to do with what kind of video you're using. Or, a 
sure-fire way to lose clock-ticks is with a serial IR receiver or blaster, which 
  hogs the CPU whilst doing I/O (I think...like I say, it's been a while).

Mike Perkins