From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 21:47:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE62616A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:47:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE3B643D31 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:47:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 1125 invoked by uid 65534); 22 Sep 2004 21:47:28 -0000 Received: from flb.schmalzbauer.de (EHLO cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de) (62.245.232.135) by mail.gmx.net (mp009) with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 23:47:28 +0200 X-Authenticated: #301138 From: Emanuel Strobl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:47:16 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <415197F9.3080901@verizon.net> <200409222333.13968.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> <20040922174358.4688dda5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040922174358.4688dda5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> X-OS: FreeBSD X-Birthday: 10/06/72 X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-Tel: +49 89 18947781 X-CelPhone: +49 173 9967781 X-Country: Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1686503.t3TCvi5zDb"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409222347.19718.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> cc: Bill Moran Subject: Re: Ntpd assistance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:47:30 -0000 --nextPart1686503.t3TCvi5zDb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 23:43 schrieb Bill Moran: [...] > > > I don't believe you can reliably run both ntpdate and xntpd. Besides, > > > > This is working because ntpdate is invoked only once at startup, which > > is, in my case, because of possible empty BIOS-Battery where the date > > would be wrong for several years which causes ntpd to refuse to adjust > > the time. I use generally ntpdate at startup before ntpd keeps the kernel > > time in sync. > > Um ... did you read my whole message? Sorry, no. You're right, next time I'll be more careful. Thanks, -Mano > > Check the ntpd man page on the -g option. If you are running ntpd, you > don't need ntpdate. You answer shows that you are not familiar with the > ntpd program and didn't read the rest of my email. > > > > if you plan to run xntpd anyway, just set xntpd_flags="-g" and it will > > > behave the same as ntpdate at startup, as well as running continually > > > to ensure your clock stays synced. --nextPart1686503.t3TCvi5zDb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBUfLnBylq0S4AzzwRAjbeAJ9EITekRa++wlcYbPraNwOFWwBo8wCeO7Iw DOgO1IPm8aCUP6Hbq5yEvzI= =aQDM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1686503.t3TCvi5zDb--