Bob Goodwin wrote: > taharka wrote: >> How do, >> >> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 07:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>> Tim wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 04:17 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>>> >>>>> server >>>>> clock2.redhat.com >>>>> server >>>>> ntp-1.cns.vt.edu >>>>> server >>>>> ntp-2.cns.vt.edu >>>>> server >>>>> ntp-3.cns.vt.edu >>>>> server ntp-4.cns.vt.edu >>>>> >>>> Cut and paste error? They should all look more like: >>>> >>>> server >>>> clock2.redhat.com >>>> server >>>> ntp-1.cns.vt.edu >>>> server >>>> ntp-2.cns.vt.edu >>>> server >>>> ntp-3.cns.vt.edu >>>> server ntp-4.cns.vt.edu >>>> >>> Yes, that is exactly what it looks like before Mozilla Compose >>> mutilated them >>> in producing "plain text." >>> >>>> Those domains all resolve, here. But I don't think you're doing >>>> yourself any favours by referring to a bunch of NTP servers at the same >>>> location. You want a collection of different servers, else you might >>>> believe a set of servers to be true, that believe themselves to all be >>>> true, when they're not (they might all be referencing themselves). >>>> >>> Originally I had three different sources within a few hundred miles in >>> hope of minimizing delays, some went away over time and the two left >>> always >>> worked well enough for my purposes. Your suggestion is obviously >>> valid. But I still can't see what's happening, since ntpq doesn't >>> work even when I >>> reduce the list to just the Redhat server. >>> >>>> I picked a collection that come from different locations: >>>> >>>> server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst >>>> server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst >>>> server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst >>>> >>>> Plus a couple of more local ones, to me (au.pool.ntp.org and my ISP's) >>>> >>> I can do something similar but first need to fix my problem. >>> >> >> Any hints/errors in /var/log/ntp? >> > I haven't found any such log, locate *log*ntp* produces nothing I > recognize as useful? > > I did find: /usr/bin/ntpstat > synchronised to NTP server (198.82.1.203) at stratum 3 > time correct to within 79 ms > polling server every 512 s > > Which seems to indicate ntp is working at least but I don't have the > convenient data display I am accustomed to. Why not try using ntpq in interactive mode. Use -i to get to that state. Then raise the debug level with "debug more" and try "peers". Ed -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
