On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 15:23 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > > Jon, Aaron, I'd like to ask you both to run another test. (Thanks in > advance.) As root, what does > > adjtimex --utc --compare=20 --interval=10 > /tmp/adj_file.txt This is what I get: --- current --- -- suggested -- cmos time system-cmos error_ppm tick freq tick freq 1198939975 0.245446 1198939985 0.244502 -94.4 10000 0 1198939995 0.243452 -104.9 10000 0 10001 324135 1198940005 0.242234 -121.9 10000 0 10001 1433510 1198940015 0.241303 -93.0 10000 0 10000 6098047 1198940025 0.240238 -106.5 10000 0 10001 428822 1198940035 0.239049 -118.8 10000 0 10001 1235073 1198940045 0.238108 -94.2 10000 0 10000 6171485 1198940055 0.237042 -106.5 10000 0 10001 428822 1198940065 0.235841 -120.2 10000 0 10001 1321010 1198940075 0.234908 -93.3 10000 0 10000 6112110 1198940085 0.233855 -105.4 10000 0 10001 350697 1198940095 0.232636 -121.8 10000 0 10001 1431948 1198940105 0.231711 -92.5 10000 0 10000 6065235 1198940115 0.230483 -122.8 10000 0 10001 1491322 1198940125 0.229438 -104.5 10000 0 10001 292885 1198940135 0.228429 -100.9 10000 0 10001 61635 1198940145 0.227415 -101.3 10000 0 10001 88197 1198940155 0.226205 -121.1 10000 0 10001 1380385 1198940165 0.225268 -93.6 10000 0 10000 6137110 -- ======================================================================= When I met th'POPE back in '58, I scrubbed him with a MILD SOAP or DETERGENT for 15 minutes. He seemed to enjoy it ... ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx