Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-06 Thread Haines Brown
> From: David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you install ntp-simple it will start a daemon that will > periodically poll the time servers and gently keep your clock in > sync. (If you're five seconds off, that time will be made up > gradually, rather than abruptly shifting the clock.) No need t

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-06 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) writes: >> From: David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> It's almost certainly better to find a local time server and not >> hammer on the NIST's; I'd also use ntp (ntp-simple package) to keep >> your clock up-to-date while the system is running. ... > Thanks for t

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 20:20, Roberto Sanchez wrote: John Hasler wrote: The first place to look for time servers is your ISP. ISPs often run time service on their nameservers. Try them. I tried my ISP first. When I sent tech support an email asking about the NTP servers, they

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 20:20, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > The first place to look for time servers is your ISP. ISPs often run > > time service on their nameservers. Try them. > > I tried my ISP first. When I sent tech support an email asking > about the NTP servers, they sen

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread John Hasler
Don't _ask_ your ISP about timeservers: their first line support is just about guaranteed to be clueless. Just stick the nameserver IP numbers in the Chrony or Ntp config file and try them. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-11-06T02:18:09Z, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I already consulted that list. My home is in Orlando, FL :-) > > I only got an @yahoo.es account... Gotcha. I saw the ".es" and, well, you can guess. But you still shouldn't use ntp2.usno.navy.mil; every little shareware ti

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Roberto Sanchez
John Hasler wrote: The first place to look for time servers is your ISP. ISPs often run time service on their nameservers. Try them. I tried my ISP first. When I sent tech support an email asking about the NTP servers, they sent me instructions on how to setup news access. I had to explicitly s

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2003-11-05T02:18:06Z, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I use the ntp and ntp-simple packages. These are the public time servers I use in /etc/ntp.conf: server ntp2.usno.navy.mil server ntp-1.vt.edu server ntp-2.vt.edu Don't do that. Besides putting a load on

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread John Hasler
The first place to look for time servers is your ISP. ISPs often run time service on their nameservers. Try them. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-11-05T02:18:06Z, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use the ntp and ntp-simple packages. These are the public time servers > I use in /etc/ntp.conf: > > server ntp2.usno.navy.mil > server ntp-1.vt.edu > server ntp-2.vt.edu Don't do that. Besides putting a load on the precio

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
hwclock Haines Brown wrote: I'm a RedHat refugee, and sometimes I can just transfer things to debian, and sometimes not. I have an executable script, "time.rc" which has: #! /bin/bash rdate -s time-b.nist.gov clock -w I installed rdate, and that seems to work fine to set the system cloc

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Haines Brown
> From: David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) writes: > > > I have an executable script, "time.rc" which has: > > > > #! /bin/bash > > rdate -s time-b.nist.gov > > clock -w > > It's almost certainly better to find a local time server and not > hammer on the

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
ScruLoose wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:04:58PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: uhm... "apropos clock" on my box returns clock (3)- Determine processor time clock (8)- query and set the hardware clock (RTC) hwclock (8) - query and set the hardware clock (RT

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) writes: > I have an executable script, "time.rc" which has: > > #! /bin/bash > rdate -s time-b.nist.gov > clock -w It's almost certainly better to find a local time server and not hammer on the NIST's; I'd also use ntp (ntp-simple package) to keep your clo

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-04 Thread Laurence J. Lane
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:04:58PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > So my first question is, what is debian's equivalent to "clock". All > it did, with the -w option, was to set the hardware clock from the > system clock. I presume the former is GMT, and so there is a time > offset invoved. hwclock -

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:04:58PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I'm a RedHat refugee, and sometimes I can just transfer things to > debian, and sometimes not. > > I have an executable script, "time.rc" which has: > > #! /bin/bash > rdate -s time-b.nist.gov > clock -w > > I installed rda

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Haines Brown wrote: I'm a RedHat refugee, and sometimes I can just transfer things to debian, and sometimes not. I have an executable script, "time.rc" which has: #! /bin/bash rdate -s time-b.nist.gov clock -w I installed rdate, and that seems to work fine to set the system clock (or at l