Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > >> I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but >> something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once >> set up, its worked ever since. OP, if you haven't tried it yet, may be >> worth giving it a test run. > Now what? I'm willing to RTFM, but I can't FTFM (Find the F****** > Manual). > > ======================================================================= > > strip: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded -N __gentoo_check_ldflags__ > -R .comment -R .GCC.command.line -R .note.gnu.gold-version > /usr/bin/chronyc > /usr/sbin/chronyd >
I have no idea what this part is doing. >>>> Installing (1 of 1) net-misc/chrony-3.5-r2::gentoo >>>> Recording net-misc/chrony in "world" favorites file... >>>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>>> No outdated packages were found on your system. > * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. > [i660][root][~] man chrony > No manual entry for chrony > [i660][root][~] info chrony > info: No menu item 'chrony' in node '(dir)Top' > [i660][root][~] emerge --unmerge chrony > > ======================================================================= > > Has RFC868 been deprecated everywhere, or is it just ca.pool.ntp.org > that won't listen to it? > When I set up chrony, I just set up the config file and then started the service. After that, it just runs and does its work. If it helps, this is my chrony.conf file. root@fireball / # cat /etc/chrony/chrony.conf # Use public NTP servers from the pool.ntp.org project. #pool pool.ntp.org iburst ### SPECIFY YOUR NTP SERVERS # Most computers using chrony will send measurement requests to one or # more 'NTP servers'. You will probably find that your Internet Service # Provider or company have one or more NTP servers that you can specify. # Failing that, there are a lot of public NTP servers. There is a list # you can access at http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome or # you can use servers from the pool.ntp.org project. server 64.6.144.6 server 67.159.5.90 server 67.59.168.233 server 204.62.14.98 server 69.50.219.51 server 209.114.111.1 # Record the rate at which the system clock gains/losses time. driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift # Allow the system clock to be stepped in the first three updates # if its offset is larger than 1 second. makestep 1.0 3 # Enable kernel synchronization of the real-time clock (RTC). rtcsync root@fireball / # After that, just do a /etc/init.d/chronyd start and it will get the clock synced and keep it that way. I found the manual here. It was the first hit on google for me. https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/documentation.html I'm no chrony expert by any measure. For me, the hardest part was finding the fastest servers. I think I use that mirrorselect tool, I think. Its been a while. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
