Ntpdate fails to start

[Tony Molloy]

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 16:29:04 Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> wrote:

> # /sbin/service network status
> Configured devices:
> lo eth0
> Currently active devices:
> lo eth0 vmnet8 vmnet1
>
> # /sbin/service NetworkManager status
> NetworkManager is stopped
> #
>
> Moreover, ntpdate does not complain at booting anymore.
>
> Thank you a lot for having solved this very mysterious problem for me!
>
> Paul


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.

Tony