xntpd does not seem to adjust the clock

[Loic Prylli <Loic.Prylli@ens-lyon.fr>]

Naohiko Shimizu writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I use slink. And I have a ntp server in my room 
 > which is syncronize to an external ntp server. 
 > I installed the xntpd3 package, but it does not seem to adjust the clock.
 > (Of course I worte the /etc/ntp.conf file.)
 > The clock runs evidently slow than the server (about 30 minutes a day).
 > On the other hand, I have x86 machine which also runs slink. 
 > It seem to work fine.
 > 
 > Does anyone have same problem or any solution?
 > 

Hello,

Which kernel are you using?
I just try to investigate and it looks that under 2.2.x you need to
apply something like the kernel patch below to have NTP working.

If you are actually running a 2.0.x kernel, a copy of
ntpstats/{loopstats,peerstats}, and the output of "adjtimex --print"
could help to find the problem.

Regards,

Loic

--- linux22/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c   1999/04/13 12:36:12     1.1.1.1
+++ linux22/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c   1999/04/24 19:01:05
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@
                           offsetof(struct timex32, time)))
          return -EFAULT;
 
-       if ((ret = do_adjtimex(&txc)))
+       if ((ret = do_adjtimex(&txc)) < 0)
          return ret;
 
        /* copy back to timex32 */
@@ -1418,5 +1418,5 @@
            (put_tv32(&txc_p->time, &txc.time)))
          return -EFAULT;
 
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }