On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 12:05 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Alex Perry wrote: > > hardware clock). Once the clock is close, by using this method, the ntp > > will always be able to keep it on time from then onwards. > > Agreed. > > To check if ntp is in a happy state, use the 'ntpq -p' command. > > ntpq -p > > Look for low fractional jitter numbers and low offset numbers. But if > they are pegged at large values then you have a problem getting the > daemons to communicate. Or, hwclock has the wrong values in /etc/adjtime. That was my problem. NTP can't set the system clock correctly with a messed up /etc/adjtime. -s
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