On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> >> Jim wrote: >> >>> >>> Fedora 8 won't keep correct time. >>> "Unable to connect to time server" , it doesn' make any difference what >>> time server you try to connect to. >>> "ntpd" is running in services. >>> ///////// > Dec 23 14:10:41 x86_64 ntpd[1906]: getaddrinfo: "0.fedora.pool.ntp.org" > invalid host address, ignored > Dec 23 14:10:41 x86_64 ntpd[1906]: getaddrinfo: "1.fedora.pool.ntp.org" > invalid host address, ignored > Dec 23 14:10:41 x86_64 ntpd[1906]: getaddrinfo: "2.fedora.pool.ntp.org" > invalid host address, ignored This tells me that you are not connected to an effective and valid name server at the time you are starting NTP. > > Dec 21 12:29:40 x86_64 ntpd[1891]: Deleting interface #3 eth2, > fe80::20f:eaff:fe8c:158d#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, > dropped=0, active_time=1361211 secs With eth2 I wonder what is dialed in with eth0 and eth1. A system with multiple interfaces could be routing in ways that never get connected to anything interesting. Are you posting from this same host or from another connection? If you can email some things are live. It may be that some stuff is not setup at boot time resulting in an error and later when you get connected NTP has shut down for want of good services. If this is the case restart it now that you are connected... -- NiftyFedora T o m M i t c h e l l -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines