Re: [ntp:questions] Can anyone interpret these loopstats?

2007-11-27 Thread Martin Burnicki
Ryan, Ryan Malayter wrote: > On Nov 23, 1:08 pm, "David J Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote: >> In the event log NTP is showing errors: "Unable to initialise the .rnd >> file", but I don't think that's key to the operation of NTP itself. The >> NTP service shows as runnin

Re: [ntp:questions] Can anyone interpret these loopstats?

2007-11-27 Thread David J Taylor
Martin Burnicki wrote: [] > Please note that "the Meinberg build" is based on the official NTP > sources. > > The only thing the ntpd port for Windows does with the multimedia > timers is to set them optionally to highest resolution while the ntpd > service is running. > > This is just to avoid vir

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread Aggie
I don't know how much it lose/gain per day yet. I will run it overnight today. If it is indeed a hardware problem, how can I fix it? If it is not, what other problem may it be? I saw someone in the forum who could resolve this problem by changing the HZ varilable in the kernel to 250. But his origi

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread Aggie
On Nov 26, 10:54 pm, "David J Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote: > Aggie wrote: > > After running NTPD on VxWorks for a couple days, the ntp.drift file > > was set to -500, that made it jump to the infinite loop trying to call > > adjtime(), but VxWorks doesn't have adjt

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Aggie wrote: > I don't know how much it lose/gain per day yet. I will run it > overnight today. If it is indeed a hardware problem, how can I fix it? If the hardware is under warranty, you ask the vendor to fix it! If not, you have a problem! If it's a PC more than three years old, consider re

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2007-11-27, Aggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 10:54 pm, "David J Taylor" wrote: > >> Delete the drift file?? > > Did you leave ntp running when [you] deleted the drift file or did you > restart ntp after [you] delete the drift file? Restart ntpd after deleting the drift file. This

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread David J Taylor
Aggie wrote: [] > Did you leave ntp running when u deleted the drift file or did you > restart ntp after u delete the drift file? > >> near correct value?? > What is a near correct value?? How do I find out what's the correct > value for my hardware? > >> Of course, as Richard says, it could be a h

Re: [ntp:questions] drift file set to -500

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2007-11-27, Aggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how much it lose/gain per day yet. I will run it > overnight today. If it is indeed a hardware problem, how can I fix it? The frantically shouted phrase "hardware problem!" can, in reality, refer to a wide range of issues. If your c