No ntpd entries on the dates and times in question (it's system.log.*.gz on my system btw, gzcat works though :) No problems today. Thx GD > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:25:22 -0700 > Subject: Re: Clock problems > From: coderman@xxxxxxxxx > To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:20 PM, downie - <downgeoff2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >... > > A few days ago I had some overnight broadband outages. > > FWIW the clock synchronises to Apple's server, I'm not sure how often, and I > > haven't had any warnings about being out of sync. > > you could check /var/log/system.log for things like: > Mar 9 01:24:55 imac ntpd[3721]: time reset -0.173970 s > Mar 9 01:49:24 imac ntpd[3721]: time reset +0.168392 s > > (also bzcat /var/log/system.log.*.bz2 | grep ntpd) > > if ntpd is quiet, you've got something else affecting the clock jumps... > > best regards, Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. See how. |