* Stardate: 2001-07-08 17:10
* Incoming subspace signal from x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
> Install the ntp package, edit your config file to point it towards the
> closest NTP server to your location, use the 'date' command to set the
> system clock to a roughly accurate time (because it'll complain and fail if
> the difference is too great), and start the daemon.
> HTH,
> -Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Mandrake Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 1:14 PM
> Subject: [expert] Internal time
> > I am running MDK 8.0 and every since this upgrade my computer will not
> keep
> > time. It loses about 3 hrs per day. Not sure if the CMOS battery is
> running
> > down or what. How can I get my system to automatically keep time with a
> clock
> > standard on the Internet?
> > TIA
> > Bruce
I have this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. No need to install ntp. Install rdate.
# Set system- and hardware clock from a remote NIST server.
if [ -x /usr/bin/rdate ]; then
/usr/bin/rdate -p -s 129.6.15.29 && /sbin/hwclock --systohc
fi
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Best regards, M@X.
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