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on 09/15/2008 11:49 AM Duncan wrote the following: |
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> Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> posted 48CD973B.6080308@××××××××××.org, |
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> excerpted below, on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:59:07 +0300: |
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> |
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>> Thanks to your guidance, I found out that I had a large "systematic |
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>> drift rate" in /etc/adjtime file. This must have been the reason why the |
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>> hwclock was set behind. So I've set the drift to zero (actually just |
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>> deleted the file and let the system create a new one) and I hope things |
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>> will be ok now. :-) |
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> |
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> Are you on baselayout-1 still or -2 (which is still ~arch)? IDR the |
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> details on baselayout-1, but at least with -2, you can set it not to use |
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> the adjtime file at all. If you're on -2 and can't find the details |
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> yourself, post to that effect and I'll try to find them for you from this |
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> end. |
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> |
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> Particularly if you're having trouble with the clock interrupt failing |
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> (as you mentioned you are), if you sync via NTP, that file can cause more |
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> problems than it solves, because the system keeps deciding the clock |
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> isn't working right and setting a larger adjustment, which fights what |
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> ntpd is already doing. Thus if you're running ntpd anyway, it's best to |
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> disable use of that file entirely, /especially/ if as I said your acpi or |
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> whatever is screwing it. If you're still on baselayout-1 and can't |
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> figure out how to disable adjtime, it may be worth putting a rm in /etc/ |
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> conf.d/local (make it conditional on there actually being a file to rm, |
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> so the rm doesn't error out if it's not there, and ensure the local |
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> service is in your initlevels as appropriate) for both local_start and |
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> stop, so it's regularly removed before it starts getting to be too big of |
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> a problem. |
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> |
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# equery l |grep baselayout |
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sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.11.1 |
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So I'm on baselayout-1. |
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I attach the /etc/init.d/clock which shows a local "readonly" variable |
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that controls a "--noadjfile" option. |
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What does the following test do? |
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if ! touch /etc/adjtime 2>/dev/null ; then |
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readonly="yes" |
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elif [[ ! -s /etc/adjtime ]] ; then |
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echo "0.0 0 0.0" > /etc/adjtime |
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fi |
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