On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 05:33:53AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > ktb wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:25:02PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > I have the ntp running and see no error messages while it's running > > > but ntptime returnes error, the time is few minutes off and ntpdc says > > > 'not synchronized'. How do I go about troubleshooting? any help > > > appreciated. > > > > > > > Kind of a guess but I'd try running - > > /usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp.server.name > > Maybe your clock is too far off for ntp to sync. > > jojda:/var/log# ntpdate time.ultimeth.net > 4 Aug 04:23:17 ntpdate[5379]: no server suitable for synchronization > found > > that doesn't look good... looks like there's something wrong with the > server... > > does it mean I have to look for some other server or is it possible > there is something wrong with my settings? > > any suggestion which public ntp server close to san francisco > (california) to use? (there is a document but for various reason most of > the servers are unusable (too far etc) and out of the two I used two > seem to be out of game (one does not respond at all) >
You might try asking your ISP support desk. Perhaps they have their own server you will be able to connect to. > why didn't ntp logs say anything? > > cat /var/log/ntpd > 3 Aug 23:11:37 ntpd[4804]: frequency initialized -141.594 from > /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift > 3 Aug 23:11:37 ntpd[4804]: using kernel phase-lock loop 0041 > 3 Aug 23:11:37 ntpd[4804]: system event 'event_restart' (0x01) status > 'sync_alarm, sync_unspec, 1 event, event_uns > pec' (0xc010) > 3 Aug 23:11:37 ntpd[4807]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000 > > TIA > > erik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>