Friday, September 7, 2007, 10:23:49 PM, you wrote: > Did you do a "service ntpd restart"? Sure! > Yes, ntpdate requires you to pass it a clock server. I made a minor > boo-boo in saying the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd script uses the clock > sources from ntpservers...it uses step-tickers. If you see the startup > message "Synchronizing with time server:", then it's trying the ntpdate > command. If it comes up with "[OK]", then it succeeded and the ntpd > daemon SHOULD be able to keep you in sync (unless your clock is REALLY > fast...in which case you have other problems). > The actual ntpd daemon startup is indicated by the startup message > "Starting ntpd". I get everywhere 'OK', but it still doesn't work... Here's the log, I was just typing the commands one by one: [root@frontend ~]# date Fri Sep 7 23:21:29 MSD 2007 [root@frontend ~]# service ntpd restart Shutting down ntpd: [ OK ] ntpd: Synchronizing with time server: [ OK ] Starting ntpd: [ OK ] [root@frontend ~]# ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== andromeda.cs.pu .CDMA. 1 u 6 64 1 187.712 -46.448 0.002 banana.irc.gr 192.36.134.25 2 u 5 64 1 160.135 -67.667 0.002 b.pool.ntp.uq.e 130.102.152.7 2 u 4 64 1 550.855 4.548 0.002 [root@frontend ~]# ntpstat unsynchronised time server re-starting polling server every 64 s [root@frontend ~]# date Fri Sep 7 23:21:59 MSD 2007 [root@frontend ~]# Here's the corresponding part of /var/log/messages: Sep 7 23:21:35 frontend ntpd[4088]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpdate[4115]: step time server 66.187.224.4 offset -0.344342 sec Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4117]: ntpd 4.2.4p2@xxxxxxxx Tue Aug 21 14:07:56 UTC 2007 (1) Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: precision = 2.000 usec Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #3 eth0, fe80::230:5ff:fe22:857#123 Enabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #4 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: Listening on interface #5 eth0, 172.23.0.133#123 Enabled Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: kernel time sync status 0040 Sep 7 23:21:39 frontend ntpd[4118]: frequency initialized 0.000 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift > Just for your info, here are my files: > [root@golem3 ~]# cat /etc/ntp/ntpservers > clock.redhat.com > clock2.redhat.com > [root@golem3 ~]# cat /etc/ntp/step-tickers > clock.redhat.com > clock2.redhat.com > Works fine for me. I have the same now. And it doesn't work. And I see no reason... > You do have port 123 open on your firewall, right? I have my firewall disabled at all. So all ports are open. And other PCs on my home LAN are syncing just fine, so it's not a provider's fault. Uhhh... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list