On 2/13/2006 1:11 PM Nick Rout wrote:
If your system stopped suddenly the ntp.drfit file may have become corrupted.
As I understand it this file has a value in it that tells the system how much
drift there is in the system clock, and uses the figutre to compensate. If the
figure is way out then the compensation will be way out.
Take a look at /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift, if its seems like a large figure, then
zero it and start again from scratch. ie stop ntpd, set the clock with ntpdate,
then start the ntpd service again (preferably not while recording with mythtv
LOL).
I've tried both zeroing this file and removing it altogether. Zeroing
doesn't work and if I delete it, it never gets recreated. I've even
tried "touch"ing it but it remains empty. After touching it, I chmod it
to ntp:ntp but still remains empty. I'm by no means an expert but I
don't get it.
Thanks for your reply,
Drew
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