[mythtv-users] OT: System clock running very slow

[Calvin Harrigan]

Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Just thinking about this some more, I assume this time is being lost
>> while the system is running. If so, the kernel is keeping track of the
>> time (subject to being adjusted by ntpd or ntpdate). The bios/hardware
>> clock is irrelevant while the system is running, it only supplies the
>> time to the kernel at bootup. This much I know for sure.
>>     
>
> That's exactly right.
>
> If it helps for debugging purposes, you can always display the current
> hardware clock time with the command "hwclock -r".  It would be
> interesting to know if this is drifting as well.
>
> Eric
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Also check /etc/adjtime for garbage, clear it just to be sure.