[Wolves] Panel Clock running slow

SimonB simonb at geek-web.co.uk
Thu Jul 8 10:56:53 BST 2004


Peter Cannon wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 Jul 2004 19:23, The wise and knowledgeable Ron Wellsted 
> proclaimed:
> 
> 
>>Well my installation of SuSE 9.1 Professional is keeping time, but then
>>I do run ntp on my server so my workstation is at stratum 4.
> 
> 
> Ah, but there is variable you have not taken into account, I switch my machine 
> off.
> 
> I only have it on most of Saturday and Sunday possibly for a couple of hours 
> Wed, Thur & Fri night.
> 
> Classic example last night, switch mission control on (Suse 9.1) the chairman 
> and staff of Midlands electricity board rub their hands together.
> 
> Desktop loads and, wait for it, clock says Saturday 03.07.04 3.33am! this was 
> at 18.40 last night.
> 
> It only takes a couple of seconds to put it right but there you go.
> 
Ok, im running suse 9.1 pro too, and i dont seem to have this problem, 
though my machine is on about 2 maybe 3 hours a day or at least it 
doesnt seem to change.

Its just an out of the box configuration, so i dont knwo whats going on 
here, heh



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