[gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

Hi, I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on. Every time I boot it, it complains "ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be started". The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom pcmcia card, and this works well except for ntp-cl

Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

John Blinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom > pcmcia card, and this > works well except for ntp-client. The claim that "net.eth0 could not be > started" puzzles > me since, after the machine boots, ifconfig gives > > eth0 Lin

Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

Roger Mason wrote: > > I may be leading you astray, but that IP address looks like one for a private > net. Is ntp-client > looking on that private net for a time-server? > It is a private net, but ntp-client is looking at pool.ntp.org for the time server. John -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mail