On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 12:32 -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > I suspect quite a few people are affected by this problem, but not all > are aware of it, ntpd being a less "visible" service: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154759 > > So, everyone, if you're running FC3 or FC2, please check your ntpd > service and see if it's still running fine. Perhaps poke at it a little > bit, restart the service and see if it comes up, even restart the whole > machine (if possible) and see if ntpd is launched automatically. > > The whole thing seems to be a crapshoot, on some systems (typically new > 2+GHz AthlonXP or Pentium M) ntpd is running fine, on some other systems > (mostly PIII/800 Coppermine in my experience) it dies instantly. Maybe, > if enough people report success/failure, a pattern will emerge. works fine for me in fc4t2 on an older Duron chip - which is acting as a time server for the rest of my lan.
