RE: Ntpdate fails to start

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for some months I've had trouble with automatic time updates

BOTH under XP Prof (I dual boot) and Fedora 9

Under F9 I get an error if I force an update!







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> From: bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:20:02 +0200
> Subject: Re: Ntpdate fails to start
> 
> Paul Smith wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Björn Persson
>>> If you usually leave your computer running and reboot it only when
>>> there's an update to Linux or GlibC, then you should use NTPD. It polls
>>> its servers periodically and keeps your clock synchronized. If you only
>>> turn the computer on for an hour every day, then it may be better to run
>>> NTPdate to set the clock at boot. Somewhere between these two extremes is
>>> a grey area. I don't know exactly where.
>>
>> Thanks,  Björn, for your explanation. Usually, I boot my computer
>> early in the morning, and I turn it off before going to sleep. Not
>> everyday, but most of the days.
> 
> OK. On the one hand, if your computer stays on for 15 hours or so, that's 
> probably plenty of time for NTPD to adjust itself, learn how the local clock 
> drifts and whatever else it does. On the other hand you may decide that 
> setting the clock once a day keeps it accurate enough for you.
> 
> Björn Persson

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