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

[David J. Haines]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:28 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at xtfx.me> wrote:
> 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 ;-)
>
> --
>
> C Anthony
>

My clock is fine, as far as I can tell.

David J. Haines
dhaines at gmail.com