Hello. I'd like to use net-misc/chrony-1.21-r1 on a ~x86 system to keep my system time "correct". My chrony.conf contains:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep -v ^\# /etc/chrony/chrony.conf|sort|uniq|grep -v ^\!|grep -v ^%|grep -v ^\; cmdallow 127.0.0.1 commandkey 1 driftfile /etc/chrony/chrony.drift keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys logdir /var/log/chrony log measurements statistics tracking rtcdevice /dev/misc/rtc rtcfile /etc/chrony/chrony.rtc rtconutc server 0.ch.pool.ntp.org server 1.ch.pool.ntp.org server 2.ch.pool.ntp.org server 3.ch.pool.ntp.org When I now run "chronyc tracking", I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ chronyc tracking Reference ID : 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) Stratum : 0 Ref time (UTC) : Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 System time : 0.000000 seconds fast of NTP time Frequency : 0.000 ppm fast Residual freq : 0.000 ppm Skew : 0.000 ppm Root delay : 0.000000 seconds Root dispersion : 0.000000 seconds Also quite interesting is the output of "sources": [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ chronyc sources 210 Number of sources = 0 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll LastRx Last sample ============================================================================ I had a closer look at chrony, as I discovered in the morning that my system is 105 seconds fast - and it still IS fast: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ntpdate -q ch.pool.ntp.org server 194.88.212.205, stratum 3, offset -105.866018, delay 0.03728 server 195.216.64.208, stratum 2, offset -105.870447, delay 0.03851 server 217.147.223.78, stratum 2, offset -105.869263, delay 0.03853 server 213.3.26.5, stratum 3, offset -105.864887, delay 0.08418 10 Mar 21:05:03 ntpdate[13878]: step time server 195.216.64.208 offset -105.870447 sec Now, as the "chronyc sources" printed "number of sources = 0", I tend to think, that the configuration file is ignored. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep -v ^\# /etc/conf.d/chronyd | grep -v ^\$ CFGFILE="/etc/chrony/chrony.conf" ARGS="-r -s" test -c /dev/rtc && { grep -q '^rtcfile' "${CFGFILE}" && ARGS="${ARGS} -s" } grep -q '^dumponexit$' "${CFGFILE}" && ARGS="${ARGS} -r" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ps awux|grep -v vim|grep -v grep|grep -v tail|grep chrony root 13997 0.0 0.1 1956 888 ? S 21:07 0:00 /usr/sbin/chronyd -f /etc/chrony/chrony.conf -r -s -s Does chrony work for you? Do I have chrony misconfigured? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Quack! Quack!! Quack!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list