Matthew Saltzman wrote on 14-FEB-2007 20:19:50.61 >On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Phil Meyer wrote: > >> Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote: >>> Chris wrote on 18:12:06.46 >>> >>> >>>> On 2/12/07, Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen <joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>>> I have a problem with NTP on a FC6 machine connected to a adsl >>>>> connection. >>>>> When starting up the machine it tells me it fails to synch with the >>>>> server >>>>> (it started doing this one or two months ago) after that is sais that >>>>> ntpd >>>>> is started succesfully. I doubt this because I start noticing slight (1/2 >>>>> minute) time differences with other machines. >>>>> >>> [snip] >>> >> >> Are you running NetworkManager? Yes [snip] >The correct solution is to use NetworkManagerDispatcher(1) to start ntpd >when the connection is made. > >Don't modify any system files or rc.local. Just turn ntp off at boot and >add a script to /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ that runs "service ntpd >start" when an interface is brought up and "service ntpd stop" when it's >brought down. Instructions in the man page. Thanks, I'll try this. Jouk Bush : All votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<