2006-02-15 Truls Gulbrandsen <trulsg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote > > Hi, > I was wondering if there is a wrong sequence regarding ntpd when booting. > > I have noticed that first ntpd tries to sync with server (fails) and > thereafter starts the ntpd service (success). When starting up, ntpd uses 'ntpdate' with the content of /etc/ntp/step-tickers as parameter(s) The default here is a few pool*.ntp.org lines, and I have several times noticed that this makes the syncing extremely slow - and sometimes failing. If I sync with just one or two local ntp-servers the startup is a _lot_ faster. ntpd however runs as a daemon, and will start even without being able to connect to any servers, as it will just try to resync the clock as soon as one or more servers are available. So try to change your step-tickers so it just contains IE. ntp.uio.no (as you are here in Norwaym that one is quite reliable - your ISP might have another timeserver available, just add that one as well to get som redundancy). Hopefully this will help. Rgds. Ola Thoresen -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list