Re: [gentoo-user] hwclock <--> sysclock and the ntp-client

[Dale]

meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:

>
> As I wrote the kernel is configured
>
>
>          CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS=y
>          CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE="rtc0"
>
> so there is no module, the functionality is compiled into the kernel.
>
> And as I wrote I am using the ntp_client to set the system time via
> ntp/ntp_client later in the boot process to get the correct system
> time.
>


When I built my new rig, I had to use chrony to set my clock for a good
long while.  For some reason, ntp just plain failed.  After ntp had
several updates and bug fixes, I tried it again and it now works fine.
Could be that maybe something is buggy and affects your system, similar
to the way it did on mine, and you need to either back up a few
versions, run unstable if you are not already or as I did, try chrony
for a while until ntp gets fixed.

I never did figure out why ntp failed on me.  I do know my clock was
awful without something keeping it on track.

If you choose to use chrony, I'd be glad to share my config and help you
set it up.  I think I still got the commands to finds the closest time
server and stuff.  It about runs with default settings tho.

Dale

:-)  :-)


P. S.  Here is the info:

chrony.conf

! Use the exclamation mark to comment lines and not the # key.

server  64.6.144.6
server  67.159.5.90
server  67.59.168.233
server  204.62.14.98
driftfile /etc/chrony.drift
logdir /var/log/chrony
log measurements statistics tracking rtc


You may not want the last line.  It logs a LOT.  I used it for testing.
 Note:  Use ! to comment instead of #.  Weird.  Command to find closest
servers:

# A good way to get servers for your machine is:
# netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org
# netselect -s 3 0.gentoo.pool.ntp.org

Just pick the ones with the least delay.

Now I'm gone.

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