Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-16 Thread Todd Zullinger
Steven Stern wrote: > Last night, I noticed that the time on my computer was off by about 20 > minutes. > > So, > > service ntpd stop > ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org > service ntpd start Totally tangential to the issue (which I see you've now solved), but you don't have to stop ntpd to use

Re: Time sync is foobar [Solved]

2011-08-16 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it could simply be that your

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-16 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 04:51 +1000, Roger wrote: > UTC is off in both systems. Unless you're triple booting with some other system that requires a local time hardware clock, I'd try setting them both to use UTC, and see if things change (such as one of the OSs not obeying your current settings). I

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-16 Thread John Pilkington
On 16/08/11 12:21, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 04:51 +1000, Roger wrote: >>> sounds like one of them is set to use UTC and the other is not. >>> >>> on Fedora, run the command (as root) >>> >>> system-config-date >>> >>> check the tab 'Date and Time', verify the time server, under 'A

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-16 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 04:51 +1000, Roger wrote: > > sounds like one of them is set to use UTC and the other is not. > > > > on Fedora, run the command (as root) > > > > system-config-date > > > > check the tab 'Date and Time', verify the time server, under 'Advanced > > Options', you may want to

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Roger
> sounds like one of them is set to use UTC and the other is not. > > on Fedora, run the command (as root) > > system-config-date > > check the tab 'Date and Time', verify the time server, under 'Advanced > Options', you may want to uncheck the local time source > > check the tab called 'Time

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:17:10AM +1000, Roger wrote: > On 16/08/11 02:08, Steven Stern wrote: > > On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > >>> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > >>> synching time. I see nothin

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/15/2011 04:17 PM, Roger wrote: > OT - I have a problem between ubuntu 11 and Fedora 14, Fedora never > shows correct time, it's system time is 10 hours wrong because it will > not select the correct time zone. Ubuntu is correct. You can have Linux set to keep the hardware clock at UTC or loc

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 12:26 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:09 -0500 > Steven Stern wrote: > > > service ntpd stop > > ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org > > service ntpd start > > > > This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > > synching time.

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 09:17 +1000, Roger wrote: > On 16/08/11 02:08, Steven Stern wrote: > > On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > >>> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > >>> synching time. I see nothing unusu

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Roger
On 16/08/11 02:08, Steven Stern wrote: > On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >>> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. >> Is it running fast or slow? I

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 12:39 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Joe Zeff said: >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >>> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. >> >> Is it running fast or slow?

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Joe Zeff said: > On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > > This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > > synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it could simply be that your > C

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:09 -0500 > Steven Stern wrote: > >> service ntpd stop >> ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org >> service ntpd start >> >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing un

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:09 -0500 Steven Stern wrote: > service ntpd stop > ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org > service ntpd start > > This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. NTP suffers from acute ma

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it could simply be that your

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not > synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it could simply be that your CMOS battery is getting low. Modern mobos are

Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
Last night, I noticed that the time on my computer was off by about 20 minutes. So, service ntpd stop ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org service ntpd start This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. Is the