On Dec 11, 2016, at 10:01 PM, geo.inbox.ignored geo.inbox.ignored@gmail.com wrote:
- part 1: clock losing time
first noticed time was off by 8 min, reset via F2 cl terminal.
~40 min later, off by ~2 min, reset via 'service manager' by stopping ntpd, count 20, started ntpd, within a few seconds, clock reset to correct time.
~1 hour later, noticed clock off again, considered cause to be cmos battery failing. after removing ~30 screws and bottom cover, found that cmos batter was soldered to board. checked with dvom, voltage read 3.2v with main battery and charger removed.
ran web search on tower box to find that cmos battery is a rechargeable 3.0 v battery and being that removing screws and cover took several minutes, with battery being up, cause must be elsewhere.
note - noticed that a time problem was occurring just after tzdata update on 2016-1201.
was not able to pursue further due to next problems.
It could be a bad drift file. I think it’s normally configured as /var/lib/ntp/drift, but check your ntp.conf.
You should try deleting it when the system is up and running at normal temperature and restart ntpd and let it run for a while.
-- Jonathan Billings billings@negate.org