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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:19:35 -0500
From: "Myron Cheung" <onyx.peridot@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] incorrect system time
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psu -a | grep timesync  does not show the -r flag.

I killed timesync and ran it manually with the -r flag again, but psu -a
does not show the -r flag.  In termrc, timesync was started with
TIMESYNCARGS=-rLa1000000 .

Myron

On 11/26/06, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>
> The reason the time gets set back is that
> aux/timesync is managing /dev/time.  If you change
> /dev/time behind its back, it will gladly "fix" it next
> time it checks.
>
> Timesync is started in termrc.  It looks to me like
> it should by default be syncing against /dev/rtc,
> but run psu -a |grep timesync and check that it is
> really running with the -r flag.
>
> If it is, perhaps there is a bug in timesync that
> needs to be found.
>
> Russ
>

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psu -a | grep timesync&nbsp; does not show the -r flag.<br><br>I killed timesync and ran it manually with the -r flag again, but psu -a does not show the -r flag.&nbsp; In termrc, timesync was started with TIMESYNCARGS=-rLa1000000 .
<br><br>Myron<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Russ Cox</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:rsc@swtch.com">rsc@swtch.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The reason the time gets set back is that<br>aux/timesync is managing /dev/time.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you change<br>/dev/time behind its back, it will gladly &quot;fix&quot; it next<br>time it checks.<br><br>Timesync is started in termrc.&nbsp;&nbsp;It looks to me like
<br>it should by default be syncing against /dev/rtc,<br>but run psu -a |grep timesync and check that it is<br>really running with the -r flag.<br><br>If it is, perhaps there is a bug in timesync that<br>needs to be found.
<br><br>Russ<br></blockquote></div><br>

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