ntpd and kernel message set_rtc_mmss: can't update

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Mon Oct 23 18:49:43 UTC 2006


On Monday 23 October 2006 19:44, Nigel Henry wrote:
>
> If you look in /etc/ntp.conf you should see that, that is a reference to
> the local clock. You shouldn't need to use the local clock if you are
> referencing Internet time servers, so can delete that one, as well as
> commenting out the local time server, and fudge in /etc/ntp.conf.
>
> for what it's worth, there was a lot of stuff setup in /etc/ntp.conf that
> wasn't necessary for a home user. All I have now are 3 stratum 2 servers,
> which I have selected myself, under the "Our Timeservers" section, and the
> driftfile in /var/lib/ntp/drift.
>
I used to have ntp set to a local university clock, but in FC4 I just accepted 
the default three pool clocks.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it :-)

Anne
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