From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKMZ2-0006ER-00 for ; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:23:48 -0400 Received: from 208-59-170-65.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.170.65] helo=[192.168.1.101]) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 1BKMYz-0003O0-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:23:45 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 15:07:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Crawford X-X-Sender: ccrawford@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Help! The Dectalk PC is hosing my clock! X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 19:23:48 -0000 I was using the dectalk PC for awhile in a computer last fall. It worked fine with Redhat 9 and I don't recall any clock problems. I don't remember the Kernel version but probably 2.4. On Sun, 2 May 2004, Adam Myrow wrote: > Well, after getting the Dectalk PC2 driver working with Speakup, I never > expected this. When I'm actively using the Dectalk PC, my clock starts > wondering into the sunset. For example, by the end of the day yesterday, > it was about 3 minutes slow. Today, as a test, I set it and then ran a > loop of having ntpdate query the time from time.nist.gov every 60 seconds. > I had it set to query without setting the clock, so I could see how far it > was drifting. The offsets over just 3 minutes are alarming! > > 6.317230 seconds slow in minute one, 11.267927 seconds slow after 2 > minutes, 16.887154 seconds slow after minute 3, and so on. If I leave the > computer idle, with ntpd running to constantly adjust the time, it becomes > stable, so it's clearly something that the Dectalk PC is doing. Has > anybody else had this problem? For that matter, is anybody even using the > Dectalk PC driver besides me? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Charlie Crawford