[mythtvnz] Time problem

[steve]

ntp clients *do* fix things, but there's a limit to how much change they
will make - over that and it'll give up.

As an extreme solution, drop ntp and add the following to the root
crontab...


* * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate nz.pool.ntp.org

to check every minute...

*/5 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate nz.pool.ntp.org

for every 5 minutes, etc. 

However, it may be an idea to get to the root of why your clock is
drifting... battery stuffed?, or adding clock=pmtmr to the kernel line
of menu.lst may address the problem.

hth,

Steve

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 13:15 +1200, AlanP wrote:
> I have no idea why, but my Mythbox keeps losing time, quite badly. NTP 
> clients don't fix things, it just means that the time gets fixed, and then 
> degrades continuously until the next NTP update.
> 
> Where does KnoppMyth keep it's timeclock fix/bias/drift/whatever its called?
> 
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