On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:53:59 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 Michael D. Berger wrote: >> I have a local ntp server, whose url is specified in /etc/hosts. >> Pinging it from my new CentOS 6 laptop works just file. Watching with >> WireShark, if I do /etc/init.d/ntpd restart, I see a successful ntp >> query and response. >> >> Now using KDE 4 on my new CentOS 6 laptop, using the "Date & Time >> [modified] - System Settings", I set time using my server. In WireShark >> I see a dns query asking for the address of: >> "settings-look-and-feel.desktop". The dns response is: "No such name". >> How about that? >> > If I understand you correctly, in CentOS 6 you have used System Settings > > Computer Administration section > Date and Time to set up ntp. What > did you give as the server entry? Have you tried giving it the IP of > your server, rather than the name? The wireshark report does seem odd. > I can't imagine why it looks for the desktop file. > > Anne [...] My original observation is in error as you will see. Actually, I first edited /etc/ntp.conf to have use my local time server first, and then tock.usno.navy.mil. This time I had WireShark running when I first brought up System Settings > Computer Administration section > Date and Time. Merely bringing it up results is a barrage of weird dns queries. Two I saw this time is "settings-personal.desktop" and "settings-system.desktop". Is you might expect, dns responded "No such name". These things stop and then repeat every now and then. On the Date and Time gui, if I uncheck and recheck "Set date and time automatically" with my local url entered and selected, I do get a correct ntp transaction. I now see that the odd dns activity is not specifically related to Date and Time, but occurs when I click and of various options. Why is this? Thanks, Mike. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.