Re: [ntp:questions] ntp broadcast not working with IPv6

2011-12-07 Thread rakesh v
Hi Danny, Actually I ran the ntpd with Debug option before with a downloaded source code (ntp-4.26p4). These are the logs Iam seeing on the client side... *6 Dec 06:11:52 ntpd[2884]: set_process_priority: Leave priority alone: priority_done is 2* * 6 Dec 06:11:52 ntpd[2884]: proto: precision =

Re: [ntp:questions] [ntp:hackers] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Marco Marongiu
Il 07/12/2011 08:30, Harlan Stenn ha scritto: If anybody knows of any *good* reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd, please speak up. Indeed! It is very handy to set the clock directly on system startup (eg. when the external clock is lacking proper battery). I've still got a

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp broadcast not working with IPv6

2011-12-07 Thread Danny Mayer
On 12/7/2011 4:53 AM, rakesh v wrote: Hi Danny, Actually I ran the ntpd with Debug option before with a downloaded source code (ntp-4.26p4). These are the logs Iam seeing on the client side... /6 Dec 06:11:52 ntpd[2884]: set_process_priority: Leave priority alone: priority_done is 2/

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-12-07, Marco Marongiu brontoli...@gmail.com wrote: I had a case at $PREVIOUS_EMPLOYER where we had to do exactly that, or more precisely: stop ntpd, run ntpdate, then start ntpd again. You could run ntpd -gq instead of ntpdate. We had a few faulty servers that, for some reason, kept

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
unruh wrote: Mark C. Stephens wrote: Secondly, I picked up a server out of the Junk pile today, it an HP Dl145G2. That is a computer? http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/compar ison-g2.html http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/specif

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Marco Marongiu
Il 07/12/2011 14:30, Steve Kostecke ha scritto: You could run ntpd -gq instead of ntpdate. Not sure, but I never really tried -g. Would -g set the clock instantly even with a multicast client configuration in ntp.conf? And, by the way, what about ntpdate -q? I don't seem to find anything in

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-12-07, Marco Marongiu brontoli...@gmail.com wrote: Il 07/12/2011 14:30, Steve Kostecke ha scritto: You could run ntpd -gq instead of ntpdate. Not sure, but I never really tried -g. Would -g set the clock instantly even with a multicast client configuration in ntp.conf? Why don't

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Marco Marongiu
Il 07/12/2011 16:24, Steve Kostecke ha scritto: Not sure, but I never really tried -g. Would -g set the clock instantly even with a multicast client configuration in ntp.conf? Why don't you try it? Yes, I should And, by the way, what about ntpdate -q? I don't seem to find anything in

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux, Garmin GPX-18X LVM PPS

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Duncan
On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 19:31 +, unruh wrote: On 2011-12-05, Duncan, Paul A. p...@noc.ac.uk wrote: Hello, I am trying to set up an NTP server using the Garmin GPS-18 as the reference clock. I think I'm most of the way there, but I have a couple of questions. Firstly, here is the

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org said: Again, from what I have seen, BCP (Best Current Practice) is to start ntpd as early as possible in the boot sequence, and then as late as possible in the boot sequence run something like ntp-wait before starting time-sensitive startup-processes

Re: [ntp:questions] [ntp:hackers] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
Marco wrote: Il 07/12/2011 08:30, Harlan Stenn ha scritto: If anybody knows of any *good* reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd, please speak up. Indeed! It is very handy to set the clock directly on system startup (eg. when the external clock is lacking proper

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread unruh
On 2011-12-07, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: unruh wrote: Mark C. Stephens wrote: Secondly, I picked up a server out of the Junk pile today, it an HP Dl145G2. That is a computer? http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/compar

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
Marco wrote: And, by the way, what about ntpdate -q? I don't seem to find anything in ntpd to mimic that... sntp does that by default (sntp hostname ...). Please see http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate - it is the comprehensive list for issues around deprecating ntpdate. H

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
Chris wrote: Once upon a time, Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org said: Again, from what I have seen, BCP (Best Current Practice) is to start ntpd as early as possible in the boot sequence, and then as late as possible in the boot sequence run something like ntp-wait before starting time-sensitive

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
On 12/6/2011 11:30 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: I'm not saying one should not set the clock on system startup. I'm saying I'm not aware of good reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd at system startup. Embedded Systems that don't have a nonvolatile RTC TOY, (or other source of time).

Re: [ntp:questions] [ntp:hackers] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Mike S
If ntp can do everything ntpdate can, why not make it a multi-call(?) program (like busybox)? ln -s ntpd ntpdate, and it does what ntpdate does now when called as ntpdate. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
On 12/6/2011 11:30 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: I'm not saying one should not set the clock on system startup. I'm saying I'm not aware of good reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd at system startup. Embedded Systems that don't have a nonvolatile RTC TOY, (or other source of

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Bruce Lilly
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:30:12 +, Harlan Stenn wrote: I'm saying I'm not aware of good reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd at system startup. [...] With a good drift file and a proper ntp.conf file, ntpd will have the clock fully sync'd in about 11 seconds' time. Of 18 computers

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
Bruce wrote: On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:30:12 +, Harlan Stenn wrote: I'm saying I'm not aware of good reasons to set the clock before starting ntpd at system startup. [...] With a good drift file and a proper ntp.conf file, ntpd will have the clock fully sync'd in about 11 seconds'

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread Rick Jones
unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: Nothing except that he wrote down an incomprehensible line of numbers and expected people to know that was a computer, rather than a printer, or an atomic clock. You were expecting maybe an HP 4972A?-) (10 Mbit/s Ethernet network analyzer from *many* years ago)

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread unruh
On 2011-12-08, Rick Jones rick.jon...@hp.com wrote: unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: Nothing except that he wrote down an incomprehensible line of numbers and expected people to know that was a computer, rather than a printer, or an atomic clock. You were expecting maybe an HP 4972A?-) (10

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Oh no I am quite happy with my hp3325A ;) Well Okay, after a slight detour trying to get ilo100 to work, I loaded centos 6.0 x64 on the DL165 G2 (computer) and found it has 3.3V PCI slots. So none of my Serial I/O cards fit, being 5V. I have seen people take a dremel to them to cut a 3.3V

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread unruh
On 2011-12-08, Mark C. Stephens ma...@non-stop.com.au wrote: Oh no I am quite happy with my hp3325A ;) Well Okay, after a slight detour trying to get ilo100 to work, I loaded centos 6.0 x64 on the DL165 G2 (computer) and found it has 3.3V PCI slots. So none of my Serial I/O cards fit,

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux, Garmin GPX-18X LVM PPS

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi All, Okay, so I have changed the ntp.conf so that it now looks like this: server 127.127.20.0 prefer mode 2 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 server 127.127.22.0 tos mindist 0.250 statistics loopstats statsdir /var/log/ntp/ filegen loopstats file loop type delay enable However, ntpdate now says that no

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Hello Sir Unrah, I just use ntpq -p. I am using Dave Harts rather excellent port to windows: C:\Program Files\NTP\binntpq -p remote refid st t whenpoll reach delay offset jitter