I installed ntpdate, then i use a debian server to sync :P
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William Kenworthy ha scritto:
> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 00:36 +0100, Joachim Ott wrote:
>> 2009/12/7 Ivo van den Maagdenberg <[email protected]>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What is the known way to choose my prefered candidate for 'correct'
>>> time (GSM, GPS, NTP)?
>>>
>>> To illustrate: when I set the system clock and the hardware clock
>>> (date and hwclock) to take the GPS-time as it's reference, then after
>>> some seconds time seems to be flipped back to GSM-time.
>> Try to change the otimed-options in /etc/frameworkd.conf, use "disable
>> = 1" if nothing fits.
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> 
> GSM time is an addon protocol to the basic protocol and seems only
> available on some networks.  As well, some carriers dont seem to handle
> networks across multiple timezones well using just a single time.
> Getting the GSM zone setting from the network is also highly suspect,
> though there were  bugs in otimed's handing of zones at one time as
> well.
> 
> So edit /etc/frameworkd.conf and set zoneinfo=none and remove GSM from
> the others settings.  Also make sure you change the ntp server from the
> default as its somewhere in Europe and gives unstable time at least
> where I am.
> 
> GPS time seems the most stable in that it will set the time on the Fr,
> no matter what it is beforehand (i.e., the hwclock is way off as happens
> if the battery has been out awhile, or after a messy crash) while NTP
> time silently fails if in that situation.  
> 
> With this experience, I try and use GPS at least once a day to make sure
> that time is accurate, and treat NTP as unreliable, even when it has a
> connection.  I still find myself checking the FR time against other
> clocks/watches and get nervous if I cant compare as I have been caught
> too many times with it an hour or more out :(
> 
> BillK
> 
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