as you can see below that fixed it! before every time I did an nptdate command it would be a second off at least. Thank you for the help!
Tony root:~# sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe -> i8254 root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:05 ntpdate[12753]: step time server 198.123.30.132 offset -75.755911 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:07 ntpdate[12754]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset -0.002553 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:09 ntpdate[12757]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset 0.001302 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:10 ntpdate[12758]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset -0.003793 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:12 ntpdate[12759]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset 0.003071 sec root:~# -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:59 AM To: tony Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with timekeeping In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "tony" writes: >My time clock seems to do two ticks for every one that it should do. I'm not >sure where to start on fixing this. I had 4.7 installed and did a clean >install of 5.0 release thats when I noticed the time keeping weirdness.. it >always kept time perfectly before. I cvsuped to tag=RELENG_5_0 and built >installed built kernel installed. but no change... > >Any ideas? Please try: sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
