From: "Rosemary McGillicuddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> > > Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what
I
> > > get in terminal.
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q
> > > bash: ntpd: command not found
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp
> > > which: no ntp in
> > >
(/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/r
> > >osemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It doesn't appear to have installed.
> > >
> > > I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Rosemary
> >
> > Rosemary,
> > This is because ntpd in in the /usr/sbin directory, and that is not on
> > the path of a normal user. You would have to use "/usr/sbin/ntpd -q"
> > instead. I am not sure, but I suspect you have to be root for it to
> > actually change the system time.
> >
> > Mikkel
>
> Hmmm - it is in /etc and has ntp.conf there. Instructions say to add a
line
> to that file but I can't find how to get into it - I am a newbie! Been
> looking at linux command pages but stuck.
> Solong as I don't boot to windows the time is fine anyway!
Rosemary, you must su to root, "su -l" then enter the root password.
Then you can edit /etc/ntp.conf. When you are done you must issue a
a restart to the ntp daemon, "service ntp restart". Then you can ^D
out of the su session.
It is also best if you append "noapic nolapic" to the boot commands
so that the PIC is not in use. The APIC is supposed to make things
faster. So of course it makes it slower for ntp, or something. It gets
horrid jitter and time synchronization is poor without those commands.
{^_^}
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