Re: Clock skew detected?

["DJ Irvin" <skygeek pensys com>]

I've seen that message before..It happened after I installed RH5.2 and tried
recompiling the kernel..

I checked the DATE and it was several months off backwards..as soon as I
corrected the date that problem disappeared so I'd guess the battery is
going dead..

Dean

----- Original Message -----
From: Hossein S. Zadeh <hossein bf rmit edu au>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 1999 2:40 AM
Subject: Clock skew detected?


>Hi there,
>I just received a new server today. After installing RH5.2, I got the
>latest kernel (2.2.2), and compiled it. I noticed that any invokation of
>'make' results in the following error:
>make: *** Warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
>
>I should add that the compiled kernel works fine. Compile of the very same
>kernel source on my workstation (also RH5.2) does not produce any error.
>
>I wonder if the error could be a result of a faulty M/B or an almost dead
>BIOS battery? Any ideas?
>
>Hossein
>
>
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