Hi Drew, /etc/init.d/xntpd stop for temporary shutdowns...
Uninstall the packge to stop it for good! :) Not enough info to answer the other question. On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > Nathan Duehr wrote: > > > If you want some help getting NTP to work, let me know. > > Thanks for your offer. Actually, it's seems to be working now! (this always > happens to me. I think there must be some daemon in my computer palying > tricks on > me) The reason I thought it wasn't was that I tried to compare my system time > with > that of the ntp server I'm using. I ran xntpdc <server> and typed sysinfo to > find a > certain server time, which was about 15 min behind my own. But later I > noticed that > two minutes later sysinfo still gave the same server time, so I figured I was > looking > at the wrong thing. And then I noticed that my system time was no longer > what I had > set it manually to (relative to my stopwatch). So it's all working after all! > > > NTP's overkill if you just want the clock fairly accurately set from the > > network > > Yeah, I agree. It's a pretty cool function though ;) > > One question, how does one turn xntpd *off*??? Once you type "xntpd", that's > it. > You're stuck with it. > > And any ideas while hwclock didn't work earlier, and my clock kept being > reset to 1 > Jan 1990 00:00 ?? > > Thanks for your helpfulness. > > Drew > > > +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Nate Duehr - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Support Amateur Radio & Linux! | | Private Pilot, Telephony Engineer | Ham Callsign: N0NTZ | | UNIX Hack, Perl Hack, Tech-Freak | Grid Square: DM79 | | | "May the Source be with you." | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | HamRadio and Linux mailing lists available for interested parties: | | http://www.natetech.com/mailman/listinfo | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
