On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:18:16PM -0600, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > I've built a dual-core AMD64 system, but I cannot get ntpd to work. I'm > using debian unstable, 2.6.24-1-amd64, which is apparently really x86_64. > > "ntpdate sever_name" will reset the system clock. ntp, when started, > will also set the system clock if needed. > > ntpd then never synchronizes to another ntp as a peer, which means there > are no further adjustments to the time. The system clock falls behind > very quickly, on the order of minutes per hour. > > This is not a firewall problem: all the other Linux, XP and MacOS boxes > synchronize without any problems. Please note that I have removed all > 'restrict' statements from /etc/ntp.conf -- and I can't even sync to a > local server that easily syncs over the 'net. > > I've tried a few (well, perhaps all) the recipes I could find on the > web; for example, booting with "no_timer_check" and/or "noapic." > Unfortunately, if there's a documentation repository that explains these > flags I have yet to find it -- and this does not fix the problem. > > QUESTION: Other than running ntpdate as a cron job every five minutes, > is there some way to get ntpd to work correctly? For example, is there a > kernel module that needs to be rebuilt with different flags? can you run ntpdc -p this is what I get remote local st poll reach delay offset disp ======================================================================= *damogran.nerdbo 192.168.11.10 2 1024 377 0.03798 0.000461 0.10612 =202.174.42.5 192.168.11.10 3 1024 377 0.09567 0.005525 0.09669 =core.narx.net 192.168.11.10 2 1024 377 0.06985 0.004480 0.11482 =203.80.162.195 192.168.11.10 2 1024 377 0.01834 0.003523 0.09671 > > > > > -- > Moshe Yudkowsky * moshe@pobox.com * www.pobox.com/~moshe > "From stupidity there is always something to be learned, but > it's always the same thing: don't be stupid." -- Robert M. Adams > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - George W. Bush 09/29/2000 Saginaw, MI
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