Hi On occasion I turn ntpd off and use rdate to sync time.... Then turn ntpd back on.. HTH YMMV Marvin On 6/1/10, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/01/2010 12:09 PM, Craig White wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 13:51 -0400, Jim wrote: >> >>> FC13/KDE4 >>> >>> Ntpd daemon is started in Services and the box is checked in Settings , >>> but it won't update Time. >>> >> ---- >> If it is way off, it will be a problem for ntpd so you should make sure >> that the time is relatively close (i.e. +/- 5 minutes and the right >> date) because ntpd is designed to track closely to time and if it is way >> off, it will take a long time to get it right and create some hefty >> entries in ntpd's skew and drift tracking. >> >> Craig >> >> >> > > This is done by adding the -x argument to: > /etc/sysconfig/ntpd > > The removal of -x by default is a F8+ change? I don't recall > specifically, but its off by default now, and was on before. > > Also, you may want to populate /etc/ntp/step-tickers. > > With -x in /etc/sysconfig/ntpd, the ntpd startup script will first run > ntpdate against a clock in /etc/ntp/step-tickers, if any, or from the > general pool if not. Then with the system clock in sync, the actual > ntpd can start and have a better hope of keeping up. > > Newer hardware has WAY better clocks than when ntp was written, and thus > the default removal of the initial ntpdate run. > > However, for virtualized machines, or systems with UTC checked on and > dual booting, you will need it. :) > > > Good luck! > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
