Re: fast clock

Barry Surtees wrote:
> We are running 7.1 , kernel 2.4.9-34smp

Try upgrading to the latest errata kernel 2.4.20-18.7smp and see if it 
still does this.  If so, it might be a hardware problem.  Have you 
called HP?
HTH,
John

> Several oracle db's
> On an HP lh4-r
> 
> For no apparent reason the clock will start running very fast , as in
> gaining 50 mins in an hour. 
> We also run NTP , but this is unable to adjust the time correctly when it
> starts racing..
> 
> The RTC time is correct when this occurs.
> 
> A reboot fixes the problem. 
> 
> There are no messages in the message's file or dmesg.
> 
> This occurred , last Sunday and the Saturday before that. Prior to that a
> couple of months.
> 
> HELP !!!!!
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> Barry Surtees
> Southern Cross Healthcare
> Ph 356-0925 x 8863 
> 
>