On 08/15/2011 11:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:09 -0500 > Steven Stern wrote: > >> service ntpd stop >> ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org >> service ntpd start >> >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > NTP suffers from acute malignant optimism about how well the > native computer can keep time. With a clock that is rotten enough, > NTP will never manage to sync. I have had many motherboards > that seem to lose or gain so fast that NTP cannot fix it. I usually > resort to running ntpdate on cron every 5 minutes to get some > vaguely accurate time :-(. This was working until yesterday, so I'm going to check the battery. (Wife said "We have to leave at 7." I looked at the computer and it said 6:30, so I said "No Problem." About 2 minutes later I checked my phone and it was 7:05. Oops.) -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
