From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14C51384E7 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F30B021C00D; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f41.google.com (mail-oa0-f41.google.com [209.85.219.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46D99E0417 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:07:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id k14so1709894oag.28 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:07:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=sLMoxXx2Dphp6GrI2f4dZuP4SyQpsetmFhLRDskX2Y0=; b=CnOxTOV8885lymqjNx5Ia2C4GBjpN1DaFtSTivfFZ+R28ppjGrjpzvDGZPCg41tYCV msl5KWyLUpsOgew9y/D3RcWtacLlJK6/jT7hO0R3O9+qg2U6mjoqvTqwSSxEwC9vRDf1 oCIdKUsi5U+/POz5nPNon/0drB12l2W+PgNy4qYMn+690x+fw7lIX+/jbP751kPYh3sO DmEatP64IHv9LTol5Zq+4pjV3tJLrBKpJ9M9R28hKzVSP1amS0UAWAWNKlqdBTshPzFc zfWlGKXsG+OCKjeQt+YYZcE8EWdry8Cf761l2Smbzi5tTs2TbyoFZbtY8brpj0rG/JYG ui/w== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.226.103 with SMTP id rr7mr1558660obc.76.1358359672456; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:07:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.20.243 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:07:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130116180417.GF2656@server> References: <20130116175249.GE2656@server> <20130116180417.GF2656@server> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:07:52 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 6c8dab63-53f3-49f4-8896-64cf319b0941 X-Archives-Hash: 126853716d6607e4f1c6b46558018ba7 On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:55:56PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> His system clock runs slow, it's not a matter of the CMOS battery >> being dead. If it were dead, the clock would be years off. > > Experience has shown that when the voltage gets low, this happens. Here's an > article ... first hit: > > http://www.ehow.com/how_5011717_check-cmos-battery.html Interesting! The things you learn... -- :wq