On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 09:44:44AM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 05:46:36PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > Lan Barnes wrote: > > > > >As I've already said, I expect drift ... meetcha tomorrow in half an > > >hour. > > > > Um, why will it drift? > > > > Turn on ntp. Really. ntp does a phenomally good job of keeping clocks > > synchronized while still maintaining monotonicity (which is required for > > reliable source control timestamps). > > > > With pool.ntp.org providing automagic time servers, there really isn't > > any good reason not to use it anymore. > > > > ntp will actually work out what the consistent drift in your clock is > > and cancel it out. It's that good. However, if you really are drifting > > that badly, it's probably time to replace the battery on the motherboard. > > > > -a > > > > I've used npt and it was ... nice, I guess, but not enough that I want > to go through setting it up again with all my other priorities.
There's no "setting it up" required. You could move /etc/ntpd.conf and then write a new one that says "server pool.ntp.org", and then start ntpd. That's it. I'm sure that there are other things you could put in, but that one line will work. Even George Bush could do it! :-D -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
