Mike Noble ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > Nick Smith wrote: > | On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 12:44 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > | > | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ date > | Fri Jan 21 16:43:56 EST 2005 > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ su > | Password: > | laptux nick # date > | Fri Jan 21 16:44:01 EST 2005 > | > | they are both in sync together, just both out of sync with the real > | time, my flux clock says its 9:44, > | > | my localtime is linked to: > | localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern, > | > | and i doubt its a battery issue, cause i have 4 gentoo boxes going and > | they all have different times, none correct, this is the only one i have > | messed with ntp on, i want to make sure i can get it working before i do > | it on the other machines. what servers are people using in their > | ntpd.conf? i have: > | > | server pool.ntp.org > | > | is there an EST server i should be using? what other settings should i > | have in that file? i have: > | > | driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift > | restrict default nomodify nopeer > | restrict 127.0.0.1 > | > | thanks for the help > | > | > > Here is my ntp.conf file: > > server ntp.ucsd.edu > #server pool.ntp.org > driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift > restrict default nomodify nopeer > restrict 127.0.0.1 > > Since I live in San Diego it only makes sense for me to use > ntp.ucsd.edu. > > As you probably already know, you need to have the daemon ntpd running > so that it can sync with the time server. > > I do not believe that it really makes a difference what server you > go to, they all give out the time as GMT. It is better to find one > near you, but you could use ntp.ucsd.edu to see if that helps. > > For the east coast you could use the following: > ~ bonehed.lcs.mit.edu > The web page for this server is: > http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/BonehedLcsMitEdu > > For a list of all ntp servers you can go to: > > http://www.ntp.org/ > click on the link: Public Time Server Lists
I live on the east coast and have used these servers for years without a problem: time-a.nist.gov time-b.nist.gov Never hurts to list more than one in your config file :) hth, Cooper. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
