hi, i'm trying to keep my local clock synched through ntpd. i used to do that with ntpdate, but since ntpd is available in a standard install i thought i'd try that. i start ntpd at boot, with added -s to synch the clock right away. however, after that it starts moving the clock backwards. restarting ntpd just makes it repeat the process :
[old ntpd, started at boot] Mar 27 08:46:58 ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 9642.320276s Mar 27 08:49:06 ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 2143.405987s Mar 27 08:50:07 ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 2142.248606s Mar 27 08:51:42 ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 9644.027785s Mar 27 08:54:45 ntpd[1871]: ntp_dispatch_imsg in ntp engine: pipe closed Mar 27 08:54:45 ntpd[1871]: ntp engine exiting [restart] Mar 27 08:55:02 ntpd[2426]: ntp engine ready Mar 27 11:35:52 ntpd[16439]: set local clock to Tue Mar 27 11:35:52 CEST 2007 (offset 9649.641093s) Mar 27 11:36:09 ntpd[2426]: peer 194.146.227.112 now valid [some more peers snipped] Mar 27 11:37:33 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 1.288053s Mar 27 11:40:10 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 6.464148s Mar 27 11:40:10 ntpd[2426]: clock is now synced Mar 27 11:44:23 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 10.656797s Mar 27 11:46:36 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 13.004900s Mar 27 11:46:36 ntpd[2426]: clock is now unsynced Mar 27 11:49:17 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 11.683026s Mar 27 11:53:39 ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 15.193740s (if left alone, this adjustment will increase perpetually). timezone is set correctly : $ ls -la /etc/localtime lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36 Dec 2 00:38 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam $ date Tue Mar 27 12:25:30 CEST 2007 any ideas ? it _has_ managed to keep the clock synched once, but after a reboot it went completely bonkers. i tried removing the drift-file and restarting it as well, to no avail. i'm running 4.0-release, and the provided ntpd. -- CUL8R, Peter.
