I use ntp-simple and am immensely happy with the result the clocks in this building are also callibrated off a time server and watching the computers go "tick tick tick" in time with the clocks is a source of joy in the depressing harrowed wasteland of my life.
(ok i'm exagerating about my life, but not ntp-simple) At 09:08 PM 1/27/03 -0600, will trillich wrote: >after revisiting the longest-thread-of-the-millennium again, i >thought i'd be a good citizen and get ntpd going instead of >ntpdate. > > # apt-get update > <snip> > Fetched 257kB in 4s (62.2kB/s) > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > root: /mnt# apt-get install ntpd > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package ntpd has no available version, but exists in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > of sources.list > E: Package ntpd has no installation candidate > > root: /mnt# apt-cache show ntpd > > root: /mnt# > >odd! (suggestions welcome.) > >-- >I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; >Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown > >DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #11 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >: >Which COMMANDS pertain to <xyz>? Try "apropos <xyz>", >"info <xyz>", and "man -k <xyz>". > >Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]