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Re: ntpd not keeping time



hi ya

turn on logfile in your ntp.conf

-- run some ntptrace and ntpdate commands
   and post its output


ntpdate -udb time.apple.com
	( use your servers from your ntp.conf file )

ntptrace -dv time.apple.com

more ntp jibberish ( urls  to other docs too )
	http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/NTP/NTP.Commands.txt

c ya
alvin

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 debian@clouded.org wrote:

> Hello all. I've got this weird problem with ntpd. Up until now I've never
> had ntpd fail me. But on this one box I've got the clock speeding up by 30
> minutes each day. I've got ntpd installed and configured properly with
> working ntp servers. In fact, ntpdate sets the clock properly, but ntpd is
> failing to keep the clock in sync with the ntp servers.
> 
> I've tried purging ntp & ntp-simple and reinstalling, but that didn't
> help. There are no errors in any logs in /var/log. Any ideas or
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux haze 2.4.18 #1 SMP Fri Dec 27 00:01:51 EST 2002 i686 AMD Athlon(tm)
> Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> # dpkg -l|grep ntp
> ii  ntp            4.1.0-8        Daemon and utilities for full NTP v4 timekee
> ii  ntp-simple     4.1.0-8        NTP v4 daemon for simple systems.
> ii  ntpdate        4.1.0-8        The ntpdate client for setting system time f
> 
> 
> # cat /etc/ntp.conf
> # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for ntpd
> 
> # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
> #logfile /var/log/ntpd
> 
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> 
> statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
> 
> ### lines starting 'server' are auto generated,
> ### use dpkg-reconfigure to modify those lines.
> 
> server timex.cs.columbia.edu
> server clock.psu.edu
> server bonehed.lcs.mit.edu
> 
> 
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