On 2012-10-29, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29/10/2012 06:36, A C wrote: >> On 10/28/2012 22:36, David Taylor wrote: >>> On 29/10/2012 03:32, A C wrote: >>> [] >>>> Check the main ntpd log for error messages. >>> >>> I would if I knew where to find it! >> >> If it's based off Debian then it's usually /var/log/ or /var/log/ntpd/ >> otherwise find / -name ntpd.log should answer your question :) > > Thanks, A C. Yes, it's Debian-based, but there's no ntpd.log anywhere > on the system. I checked the locations you mentioned and tried the find > command. > > I've now managed to get a recent NTP to compile (takes about 25 > minutes), and I would install it except that the page I have says it > will install to: > > /usr/local/bin/ntpd > > as as there's nothing there at the moment I don't see how that would > replace the existing version....
It will not since the current version is probably in /usr/bin/ntpd or /usr/sbin/ntpd. You could just copy it over. Move the current one away to some recoverable name (ntpd.old) and then copy the new one in. > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1970&start=25 > says: > > ___________________________ > mkdir build # make a convenient working directory > cd build > wget > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ntp-4.2.6p5.tar.gz > tar xvfz ntp-4.2.6p5.tar.gz > cd ntp-4.2.6p5/ > ./configure --enable-ATOM # takes about 45 minutes Slow machine! > make # takes over 1 hour What are you running on. and old original IBMPC with the 8088 processor? > sudo apt-get remove ntp # get rid of previously existing install of ntpd > sudo make install # puts ntpd in /usr/local/bin/ntpdmkdir build > # make a convenient working directory > cd build > wget > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ntp-4.2.6p5.tar.gz > tar xvfz ntp-4.2.6p5.tar.gz > cd ntp-4.2.6p5/ > ./configure --enable-ATOM # takes about 45 minutes > make # takes over 1 hour > sudo apt-get remove ntp # get rid of previously existing install of ntpd > sudo make install # puts ntpd in /usr/local/bin/ntpd > ___________________________ > > I used ntp-4.2.7p314.tar.gz as I had that compiled and running on > Windows. Maybe the instructions are out of date? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
