On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 12:54:48AM +0800, Jeff Pitman wrote: > On Thursday 03 February 2005 00:49, Charles R. Anderson wrote: > > I'm going to take a look at this to see if it even solves this > > problem or not. > > Take a look at: > > # rm /etc/ntp/step-tickers > > Don't break your back, because the fix isn't all that difficult. That isn't a fix. In fact, if you remove that, ntpd might not even start if your local clock is too far off.