ntpd does a sanity check before it adjusts time on your system. If your current system time is too far off, then ntpd won't do anything, even though it might appear to load at bootup. Type "ntpq", then "pe" to see which servers your system is trying to sync to. I prefer to have 2 or 3, but be sure you have at least 1 valid ntp server in your ntp.conf such as:
server tick.usno.navy.mil prefer
Obviously, you gotta be connected for ntp to work. Are you sure the laptop isn't going into standby or something? Maybe try resetting your system time to something close and then be sure the bios clock is set to the same thing using the "hwclock --systohc" command, then restart ntpd. Possibly the system is loosing enough time while shut down that it fails the ntp sanity check on startup. Just some ideas.
Sincerely,
Jim Hubbard
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Saltzman
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:51 PM
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: clock falling behind 2-3 minutes every hour!
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>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Markku Kolkka wrote:
>
> > Viestissä Maanantai 27. Tammikuuta 2003 18:36, Dave Sherman kirjoitti:
> > > I have NTPd setup, and it correctly updates my system every time I
> > > bootup. But when I leave my laptop running for several hours
> (every day
> > > at the office, for example), I can watch as the clock falls behind.
> >
> > ntpd should keep your clock in sync, apparently it isn't
> configured correctly.
> > redhat-config-time is known to create broken config files, check your
> > /etc/ntp.conf.
>
> >From the discussion in the Bugzilla entries, it appears that if the clock
> drift is too fast, ntp can't keep the clock in sync. Also, it is a bit of
> a pain to run it on a machine that is not connected to a network full
> time.
>
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