[gentoo-dev] Weird system time issue

[Ken Nowack <drake_stuff@yahoo.com>]

Alright, 

I've been asking people in IRC for a bit about this
and haven't found a solution yet. My system time is
all buggified for some reason. 

I can reset the system time, but give it about an hour
and it resets itself for no apparent reason, about 12
hours off. I've tried using rdate -s every 15 minutes,
doesn't help. I've tried setting up ntpd and using it,
but once the system time gets too far off, ntpd dies
with no explanation. 

It seems part of the issue *may* be my use of gdm. If
I'm logged in to my desktop, my system time will keep
updating itself. Once I log out to the gdm login
screen, time gets all screwey again, indifferent of
which system time update method I'm using. Odd yes?

The rdate method was set up in a cron job. Apparently
it seems that if the comp is sitting at the gdm login
screen, the cron job will not be successful in
updating the system time, but if I'm logged in, it
works. And as for ntpd, it's usually dead by the time
I log out, so I have no idea if that works while gdm
is up.

I recompiled my kernel (suggestion from IRC) because I
thought the inclusion of RTC support might fix things.
That hasn't worked. I recompiled gdm, rdate, and ntpd
as well just for good measure. That has failed to fix
this issue as well. 

Does anyone out there have any suggestions for me
where to look next? There hasn't been anything helpful
in the logs and it's starting to drive me nuts.

Ken Nowack

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