Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-11 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 23:57 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 10 January 2012 21:45:21 Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > > > > Initially, the RTC options were not enabled in my kernel, but even > after > > > setting these, I'm still getting this error. I'm adding all the > device > > > drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: ls -d /dev/rt* This is mine: root@fireball / # ls -dl /dev/rt* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 1 15:39 /dev/rtc -> rtc0 crw--- 1 root root 254, 0 Jan 1 15:39 /dev/rtc0 root@fireball / # Mine links rtc to rtc0 which should work if the OP have the same. Dale :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 10 January 2012 21:45:21 Jeff Cranmer wrote: > Initially, the RTC options were not enabled in my kernel, but even after > setting these, I'm still getting this error. I'm adding all the device > drivers as modules and trying again to see if I can remove this error. > I suspect it is th

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread W.Kenworthy
entoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:42:07 +0100 On 10-Jan-12 22:18, Florian Philipp wrote: >> Wouldn't it make more sense to get the clock set correctly on bootup >> with ntpdate, and then have ntpd keep things in line moving f

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Dale
Jeff Cranmer wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:02 -0600, Dale wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate /etc/init.d/ntp-client. It will set the clock so that ntpd can keep it in sync

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.01.2012 22:42, schrieb Jarry: > On 10-Jan-12 22:18, Florian Philipp wrote: > >>> Wouldn't it make more sense to get the clock set correctly on bootup >>> with ntpdate, and then have ntpd keep things in line moving forward? >>> Otherwise, every couple hours, you'd have your cron'd ntpddate ju

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:59:45 -0500 Michael Mol wrote: > > Servers with long uptimes should use ntpd, especially if it's apps > > timestamp data. > > Laptops and desktops should instead use ntpdate every one or few > > hours, that is more suitable for those machines (usually they only > > care abo

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:02 -0600, Dale wrote: > Florian Philipp wrote: > > Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not > > designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate > > /etc/init.d/ntp-client. It will set the clock so that ntpd can keep it > > in sync af

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Jarry
On 10-Jan-12 22:18, Florian Philipp wrote: Wouldn't it make more sense to get the clock set correctly on bootup with ntpdate, and then have ntpd keep things in line moving forward? Otherwise, every couple hours, you'd have your cron'd ntpddate jumping the clock around. I've had apps get stuck in

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.01.2012 21:59, schrieb Michael Mol: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:02:38 -0600 >> Dale wrote: >> >>> Florian Philipp wrote: Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate /etc/i

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Mol
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:02:38 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> Florian Philipp wrote: >>> Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not >>> designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate >>> /etc/init.d/ntp-client. It will set the clock so that nt

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:02:38 -0600 Dale wrote: > Florian Philipp wrote: > > Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not > > designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate > > /etc/init.d/ntp-client. It will set the clock so that ntpd can keep > > it in sync a

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate /etc/init.d/ntp-client. It will set the clock so that ntpd can keep it in sync afterwards. You can start ntp-client on a running system but it m

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Florian Philipp writes: > Am 10.01.2012 18:43, schrieb Michael Mol: > > Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > Hm. That sounds like your tz (-0500) is being applied twice. > > Besides, ntpd does not correct such large differences. It is not > designed to do this, especially on a running system. Activate > /etc

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.01.2012 18:43, schrieb Michael Mol: > Jeff Cranmer wrote: >> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:56 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: >>> Define crashing? >>> >>> This looks more like problems with yout TZ variables than ntpd. >>> >>> try "ntpq -p" to check if its actually running/locked. If ntpd is >>> freewh

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Mol
Jeff Cranmer wrote: > On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:56 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: >> Define crashing? >> >> This looks more like problems with yout TZ variables than ntpd. >> >> try "ntpq -p" to check if its actually running/locked. If ntpd is >> freewheeling, it is prpbably because your time is too far

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-10 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:56 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: > Define crashing? > > This looks more like problems with yout TZ variables than ntpd. > > try "ntpq -p" to check if its actually running/locked. If ntpd is > freewheeling, it is prpbably because your time is too far from lock so > it will s

Re: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-09 Thread W.Kenworthy
sts.gentoo.org To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] ntpd crashing Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:25:39 -0500 Hi, Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to diagnose a problem with ntpd crashing. My time keeps defaulting to 5 hours earlier than it should. There's nothing in dmesg wh

[gentoo-user] ntpd crashing

2012-01-09 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Hi, Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to diagnose a problem with ntpd crashing. My time keeps defaulting to 5 hours earlier than it should. There's nothing in dmesg when I do dmesg | grep time, or dmesg | grep ntp, but /etc/init.d/ntpd status tells me that ntpd has crashed. Jeff