Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-03 Thread Yann Droneaud
pigeon wrote: On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 11:28:12PM +0100, Ben Edwards wrote: On my laptop, I've added the -g switch to ntpd's startup, so the first time it syncs, it forcibly resets to the NTP time if that's out of bounds. Doing this involved editing /etc/init.d/ntp-simple and adding '-- -g' to

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-02 Thread Ben Edwards
On my laptop, I've added the -g switch to ntpd's startup, so the first time it syncs, it forcibly resets to the NTP time if that's out of bounds. Doing this involved editing /etc/init.d/ntp-simple and adding '-- -g' to the end of the start-stop-daemon lines that start ntpd. This is

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-02 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 11:28:12PM +0100, Ben Edwards wrote: On my laptop, I've added the -g switch to ntpd's startup, so the first time it syncs, it forcibly resets to the NTP time if that's out of bounds. Doing this involved editing /etc/init.d/ntp-simple and adding '-- -g' to the end

NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread Ben Edwards
I have a box which will not keep the time. Every time I shut it down it looses the time and goes back to 1980. I thought ntpd was the answer but as the difference between the system(pc) and the actual(ntp) time is so great it won't work. So how can I get ntpd to set time WHATEVER the system

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread Greg Bolshaw
Ben Edwards wrote: I have a box which will not keep the time. Every time I shut it down it looses the time and goes back to 1980. I thought ntpd was the answer but as the difference between the system(pc) and the actual(ntp) time is so great it won't work. So how can I get ntpd to set time

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread John Spray
Ben Edwards wrote: So how can I get ntpd to set time WHATEVER the system time is, regardless if it is 1980. Try using ntpdate instead - it can brutally change your system time right away, rather than trying to neatly slew it. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread John Hasler
Ben writes: So how can I get ntpd to set time WHATEVER the system time is, regardless if it is 1980. Ntp won't change the system clock if it is too far off. Use ntpdate to set the clock at bootup and then start ntp. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread Ben Edwards
Have already replaced the bios battery and it still douse not work. think there is something up with the motherboard. Greg Bolshaw wrote: Ben Edwards wrote: I have a box which will not keep the time. Every time I shut it down it looses the time and goes back to 1980. I thought ntpd was the

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread David Z Maze
Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a box which will not keep the time. Every time I shut it down it looses the time and goes back to 1980. I thought ntpd was the answer but as the difference between the system(pc) and the actual(ntp) time is so great it won't work. So how can I

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread Malcolm Ferguson
Ben Edwards wrote: Greg Bolshaw wrote: Ben Edwards wrote: I have a box which will not keep the time. Every time I shut it down it looses the time and goes back to 1980 Why not just replace the BIOS battery? That way you won't lose the time when you shutdown. Have already replaced the bios

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 08:13:28AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: | Ben writes: | So how can I get ntpd to set time WHATEVER the system time is, regardless | if it is 1980. | | Ntp won't change the system clock if it is too far off. Use ntpdate | to set the clock at bootup and then start ntp. How

Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

2003-10-01 Thread John Hasler
Derrick writes: How can this be done with chrony? With a chonyc makestep command. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]