On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on a > machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware > problem (battery?)
Yes, the lower "voltage" caused by a dying battery can increase the systematic drift on the RTC, or even stop the clock entirely for a small while. You want that battery replaced yesterday. The CMOS memory will corrupt data soon, if the RTC is already gone. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140625161807.ga11...@khazad-dum.debian.net
