15 seconds per minute is a huge drift rate. <br><br>Yes, it is most likely a sign of failing hardware.<br><br>See the man page for hwclock for loads of good info on how the system keeps time.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:54 PM, John Heim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@johnheim.net">john@johnheim.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
All, I have a machine that cannot seem to keep correct time. It drifts off<br>
by about 15 seconds every minute. It has exactly the same ntp<br>
configuration as many other machines in our department which appear to keep<br>
correct time. Below is the output from " ntpq --numeric --peers". Note<br>
the very large "jitter" number. Is the clock on this machine simply broken?<br>
Its a real, live chunk of hardware, not a VM.<br>
<br>
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter<br>
==============================================================================<br>
+george.math.wis <a href="tel:208.97.140.69" value="+12089714069">208.97.140.69</a> 3 u 499 512 377 0.131 -2.078<br>
0.057<br>
*gracie.math.wis 204.235.61.9 3 u 341 1024 377 0.138 1.759<br>
1.933<br>
<br>
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> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset<br>
> jitter<br>
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> +george.math.wis <a href="tel:208.97.140.69" value="+12089714069">208.97.140.69</a> 3 u 499 512 377 0.131 -2.078<br>
> 0.057<br>
> *gracie.math.wis 204.235.61.9 3 u 341 1024 377 0.138 1.759<br>
> 1.933<br>
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