[Wylug-help] Software clock drift

[Dave Brotherstone]

Hi all,
  My main desktop linux box has suddenly started drifting in time - it
lost just under 17 minutes today.  The only thing I've just done is
upgraded the kernel to 2.6.11, from 2.4.21.  It's permanently on, so I
don't think it's a hardware thing, but I'm not sure how often, if
ever, linux sync's the software clock...

Distribution is gentoo.  Kernel is gentoo-sources for 2.6.11-r4.  AMD
Athlon XP1800.

Any pointers?  Before I setup ntpd ;)

Many thanks,

Dave.