From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 21:51:11 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 853FF16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:51:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5376A43D31 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:51:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B826F69A71; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:51:09 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Emanuel Strobl Message-Id: <20040922175109.111a2956.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200409222347.19718.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> References: <415197F9.3080901@verizon.net> <200409222333.13968.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> <20040922174358.4688dda5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200409222347.19718.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:51:11 -0000 Emanuel Strobl wrote: > 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. Sorry ... I didn't mean to be short about it. I should take a deep breath before sending off mails like that. Just having a tough day, I apologize for taking it out on you. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com