How far off is your clock?
If it's more than what ntp considers drift, it won't reset your time.
I use rdate at boot to set the time from a known good source, then let ntp
take care of the rest. This way, it doesn't matter what my bios clock says,
my time gets set right, and stays that way.
Russ
ken crist wrote:
> Is anyone out there using ntp on a Linux Mandrake Pentium computer?
>
> I installed ntp, added servers to the ntp.conf file and started the
> daemon. However, it doesn't appear to be adjusting the computer's
> clock. When I use the ntptimeset tool, it tells me how far off the
> clock is but does not reset it. Any insight to properly configuring ntp
> would be appreciated.
>
> Perhaps someone knows of a tool other than ntp for setting the clock
> similar to those that are available for windows. I wanted to be able to
> do the same thing in Linux.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
