Linux on time travel

[metalmaniac@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi there, Linux geeks,
just check this out!
I was rummaging through the sytsem logs and I noticed one particularly disturbing behaviour.
in the file /var/log/boot.log the system clock starts with the right time, then goes cockey for a few minutes and then is corrected when sysinit sets the date+time.

here is what I found in boot.log:

# ************ system clock is perfect

Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:07 snanda atd: atd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:07 snanda crond: crond startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:07 snanda rc: Starting pcmcia succeeded

# ************* KAZZAM! hey! who fast forwarded the clock!

Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Setting default font succeeded
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda swapon: swapon: warning: /dev/hda4 has insecure permissions 0660, 0600 suggested
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions succeeded
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Setting hostname snanda.localdomain succeeded
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda fsck: /dev/hda2: clean, 68788/651264 files, 1446683/2602530 blocks
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem succeeded
Oct  4 16:22:54 snanda rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode succeeded
Oct  4 16:23:00 snanda rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies succeeded
Oct  4 16:23:01 snanda rc.sysinit: Loading sound module succeeded
Oct  4 16:23:01 snanda rc.sysinit: Checking filesystems succeeded
Oct  4 16:23:01 snanda rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems succeeded
Oct  4 16:23:01 snanda rc.sysinit: Turning on user and group quotas for local filesystems succeeded

# ************ Ah! Back to normal once again.

Oct  4 10:53:03 snanda date: Wed Oct  4 10:53:03 IST 2000
Oct  4 10:53:03 snanda rc.sysinit: Setting clock : Wed Oct  4 10:53:03 IST 2000
succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:03 snanda rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:04 snanda apmd: apmd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda portmap: portmap startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda netfs: Mounting other filesystems succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:06 snanda random: Initializing random number generator succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:08 snanda inet: inetd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:08 snanda named: named startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:08 snanda keytable: Loading keymap:
Oct  4 10:53:09 snanda keytable: Loading /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz
Oct  4 10:53:09 snanda keytable: Loading system font:
Oct  4 10:53:09 snanda rc: Starting keytable succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:09 snanda sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:10 snanda gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:11 snanda httpd: httpd startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:11 snanda sound: Starting sound configuration:
Oct  4 10:53:11 snanda sound: sound
Oct  4 10:53:11 snanda rc: Starting sound succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:12 snanda xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:12 snanda linuxconf: Linuxconf final setup
Oct  4 10:53:12 snanda rc: Starting linuxconf succeeded
Oct  4 10:53:12 snanda rc: Starting local succeeded

I never knew Linux could time travel!
Whaz wrong with this thing!
bye
Saurabh Nanda


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