Ntpdate fails to start

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 20:48, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> wrote:
> > Well if the network service works for you then you don't need the
> > NetworkManager service. The network service starts earlier in the boot
> > sequence so it is already up when the ntpdate service starts.
>
> I think the problem was caused by the fact that I installed Fedora
> from a Live CD; it activates NetworkManager, perhaps because the Live
> CD is expecting a laptop as target computer.
>
> Paul

Probably not, as I downloaded the 6 CD's for Fedora 9, and Network Mangler 
(aka Network Manager) was still activated as default. I've seen loads of 
problems reported using Network Manager, so disabled it, and activated the 
network service instead.

Nice to see that the problem is resolved.

Nigel.