Re: [ntp:questions] Autokey sequence error

2011-03-11 Thread David J Taylor
Versions: System is debian Lenny, ntp is version '1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8lenny3' I've followed the rabbit hole as far as I can. Can someone point me in the right direction from here? Martin, I don't know whether it will help, but the current stable version of NTP is now 4.2.6p3, form:

[ntp:questions] Sure Electronics GPS board: Amazing performance. :-)

2011-03-11 Thread Terje Mathisen
Inspired by http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Sure-GPS.htm and http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/MG1613S/ I ordered one of these boards, at a total cost of about $40 including shipping from Hong Kong. It arrived after a week or so, and so far both USB and RS232 simply works. :-) Receiver

Re: [ntp:questions] Autokey sequence error

2011-03-11 Thread martin.ger...@directbox.com
Thank you for your answer. Yes, that was something I considered. However, there is no newer Version in lenny-backports, and I have shied away from building it myself (additional error potential and all that.) Anyway, I just found my mistake: In my client config I had the lines: keysdir /etc/ntp

Re: [ntp:questions] Is a Spectracom Netclock/2 worth saving?

2011-03-11 Thread David L. Mills
Rick, All the Spectracom WWVB and GPS receivers use the same serial protocol; I have had one or more of these things running for almost 30 years. The Netclock/2 is useless without its ferrite-stick loop antenna, and even then the rising noise pollution due to the noisy electrical grid and

Re: [ntp:questions] Autokey sequence error

2011-03-11 Thread David J Taylor
Thank you for your answer. Yes, that was something I considered. However, there is no newer Version in lenny-backports, and I have shied away from building it myself (additional error potential and all that.) Anyway, I just found my mistake: [] Thank you for your help! Considering I know

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread Ryan Malayter
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: IMHO most leveragers of VMs don't understand what happens in their loved sandbox which completely destroys the notion of a controlled and escape proof environment No, we do, it's just that 20:1 server

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread John Hasler
RPM writes: As for your notion of safety when running on a real physical server... have you ever audited the code of your BIOS? Or the firmware on your chipsets, NICs, RAID cards, or disk drives? Your control of a physical server is just as illusory as that of a Virtual Machine. The hardware

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

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Parvin, Richard wrote: I run Symmetricom S300. I would like to use Sysplex to manage the time on my mainframes. Could someone point me to some documentation? How much are you paying researchers? justfuckinggoogleit.com symmetricom.com/resources/compliance-certifications/sysplex-timer

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ryan Malayter malay...@gmail.com wrote: . have you ever audited the code of your BIOS? Or the firmware on your chipsets, NICs, RAID cards, or disk drives? Your control of a physical server is just as illusory as that of a Virtual Machine. Yes, Linux, after the

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:47 AM, John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: RPM writes: What's baffling, though, is why you need to add an entire virtual machine and operating system just to run another process. The problem is Windows does not multitask well. I've been told you can't expect to

Re: [ntp:questions] Is a Spectracom Netclock/2 worth saving?

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:44 AM, David L. Mills mi...@udel.edu wrote: Rick, All the Spectracom WWVB and GPS receivers use the same serial protocol; I have had one or more of these things running for almost 30 years. The Netclock/2 is useless without its ferrite-stick loop antenna, and even

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread Ralph
@Chris I appreciate the offer to help. I've been thinking about this problem a while and here are my thoughts... It seems to me that ntpd has the goal of keeping extremely accurate time - which is important for many obvious reasons. However there are those of us that don't need time accurate

Re: [ntp:questions] Flash 400 on all peers; can't get ntpd to be happy

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Ralph ra...@depth.net wrote: @Chris I appreciate the offer to help. I've been thinking about this problem a while and here are my thoughts... It seems to me that ntpd has the goal of keeping extremely accurate time - which  is important for many obvious