On Dec 5, 2007 5:17 PM, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another thing. Are you sure that ntp isn't doing it's stuff, even though the > bootup shows a fail. Before you do the ntpd restart, run the following as > user. > > /usr/sbin/ntpq > then type pe, which will give you some info on which servers ntp is trying to > connect to, and how successfull it is being. You can keep typing pe at > intervals, which will show ntp's progress at reaching a point where a time > server is being used as a "sys peer". The server being used will be prefixed > by a "*". Other useable servers will be prefixed by a "+" "candidat". To quit > ntpq type q. Thanks, Nigel. In fact, # /usr/sbin/ntpq ntpq> pe No association ID's returned ntpq> pe remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== clock-a.develoo 192.12.19.20 2 u 28 64 3 190.143 438.261 9.311 ntpq> i.e., when I run pe after a while, I get the above, but the first time I run pe, I get 'No association ID's returned' Can I be sure that ntp is running now and synchronizing with a ntp server? Paul