Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

Roger Mason wrote: I may be leading you astray, but that IP address looks like one for a private net. Is ntp-client looking on that private net for a time-server? It is a private net, but ntp-client is looking at pool.ntp.org for the time server. John -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

[gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

Hi, I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on. Every time I boot it, it complains ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be started. The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom pcmcia card, and this works well except for

Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

John Blinka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom pcmcia card, and this works well except for ntp-client. The claim that net.eth0 could not be started puzzles me since, after the machine boots, ifconfig gives eth0 Link