Re: Is the Optiplex hwclock junk?

[email protected] (Paul Jarc) writes:

> "Andrew A. Raines" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> However, I thought this is precisely the type of problem it
>> loves--a heavily drifting clock.  Why is my clock so skewed?
>
> I haven't looked at your configuration yet, but if the clock
> is skewed enough, then the gradual-adjustment adjtime() system
> call will not be able to keep it in sync, regardless of how
> often you call it, and regardless of how often you provide
> measurements to clockspeed.

So is the only recourse in my situation to cron (er, runwhen)
clockadd and manually force the clock into submission?