[gentoo-user] Latest unstable ntp not generating ntp.drift file.

[Dale]

Hi,

I been watching my clock here for a while.  On my old rig, ntp kept the 
clock set very, very well.  This rig seems to have issues.  I tried the 
stable version of ntp and it just seems to keep resetting the time but 
not adjusting the drift file at all.  I even adjusted manually once and 
my entry was better than the one it made.

I then decided to try the latest unstable ntp to see if maybe it would 
work better.  I emerged ntp, renamed the drift file and started the 
service.  That was several hours ago and it has yet to even create the 
drift file.  It also puts nothing in the log file except that it started 
and is using ports and the normal stuff.  No syncing or anything like 
the older version.

Also, I copied the ntp.conf file over from the old rig.  I would think 
they would work pretty much the same.  Same program, same config and 
hopefully same results.

First version tried:  net-misc/ntp-4.2.4_p7-r1
Current unstable version:  net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2-r1

When I looked at the ntp website, it said it should sync much faster 
than the old one.  Basically it is minutes instead of hours.  So far 
this is not the case.

Anybody else ran into this?  Am I missing something that is different on 
a 64 bit rig?

Thanks.

Dale

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