I am trying to use xntpd (or ntpdate) to set my clock at boot up (after
xdm loads). I have a file ntp.conf as follows:
> logfile /var/log/xntpd
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
> #server
> server 128.118.25.3
> server 128.175.1.3
The servers are working servers. After boot up and xdm starts, I get a
message in the console saying that the time has been corrected by a few
microseconds. The problem is that my time is always 5 hours
(exactly) early. I figure the problem is with time zones, but not more
than that. I also have a file '/etc/timezone' which contains EST, which
is my timezone. How do I get the correct time?
Also, I am trying to convince a Power PC (Mac OS 8.5) user to convert to
linux, but I was wondering how well linux works on a PPC (assuming the
newest kernel 2.2.1). I have heard that gnu compilers don't compile code
very efficiently for the PPC, but then again I have heard the opposite as
well. Any input would be helpful.
Thanks,
Sunil Goda
