From nobody Sat Aug 05 20:22:07 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4RJDX94ZP7z4mWFT for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2023 20:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d50200080af401.10ceaf3602ce579d2ecf0b46c2dc5525@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4RJDX92r9Sz3K2k for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2023 20:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d50200080af401.10ceaf3602ce579d2ecf0b46c2dc5525@email-od.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1691266937; x=1693858937; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-thread-info:subject:to:from:cc:reply-to; bh=BSdTOquYsd2GLCCPg13HaAuwmX5HQlMqxLNeiaj12Rg=; b=aq4JOB3ipdMrybjcKzkSfyTK0hX3g3yX9MIQ/gh3PzaZiSE7b+wuTmaD3n2j38StMJyIB7OcgpXcw5jO9oRLMUuM/PyC5AHM/dnpaT42vB2/XMZCBY4gDIzv9ALU968MXc7mqarf/zI2+rQmI6qGHRD/wId75clcfFDjXDL7/hE= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi4xZDUwMjAwMDgwYWY0MDEucXVlc3Rpb25zPWZyZWVic2Qub3Jn Received: from r3.h.in.socketlabs.com (r3.h.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.180.13]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sat, 5 Aug 2023 16:22:09 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [185.202.17.215]) by r3.h.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sat, 5 Aug 2023 16:22:09 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.95 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1qSNmq-000HQi-Rn for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:22:07 +0100 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 21:22:07 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTPD frequency error Message-Id: <20230805212207.8ecbb6c2d7327fea15b260f5@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20230805155517.000024c3@seibercom.net> References: <20230805133309.00007dfa@seibercom.net> <20230805191458.61ad15f4267596538c6c8055@sohara.org> <20230805155517.000024c3@seibercom.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd13.1) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4RJDX92r9Sz3K2k X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7381, ipnet:142.0.176.0/22, country:US] On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 15:55:17 -0400 "Gerard E. Seibert" wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 19:14:58 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith stated: > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 13:33:09 -0400 > > You might need a new clock battery. > > > It may be possible that the battery is getting weak. It is strange that > this problem only manifested immediately after I updated the system. How long had it been running before you updated the system ? > Besides, if the system is up and running, does the battery do anything? I've seen it to be the only power source for the RTC, and I've known it not be the only power source. > I will swap it out tomorrow when I get a replacement and see if it > makes any difference. Cheap and worth a try - unless ntpd has grown a nasty bug it pretty much has to be the hardware running out of spec - hmm or refusing to pull! Now there is a possibility if the code that drives the frequency changing is broken that would also do this. I've pushed all my systems to 13.2-p2 recently they're all running ntpd without complaint. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith