[arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

[C Anthony Risinger]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare that
> to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then make sure
> your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to your sysclock with "#
> hwclock -w". Worth checking regardless.  I know this used to be done on boot
> or shutdown and I don't know why it isn't anymore. I'll do some more
> digging.

your machine reboots because of a drifting clock?  i don't understand.

aren't you running ntpd (not openntpd)? <---- *HINT* *HINT*, if not ;-)

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C Anthony