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Re: Real time clock too fast under OBSD



On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 11:22:18AM -0700, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> In message <36D879F1_(_dot_)_5296529B_(_at_)_cistron_(_dot_)_nl>
> 	so spake WHS (wouters):
> 
> > I've got a weird problem. The standard PC clock is too fast under OBSD
> > (2.4 x86). From timing I estimate about 1 s per 5 minutes. Any idea
> > about this ?
> 
> PC clocks stink.  I sincerely doubt that this is an OpenBSD problem;
> you're clock will be fast no matter what OS you run...

the 'fix' is typically to run xntpd.

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