Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:23:03 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ntpd "Synchronization Lost" Errors Message-ID: <20001108212302.A2156@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF6F7@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from "Drew Tomlinson" on Wed Nov 8 16:07:41 GMT 2000 References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF6F7@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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In the last episode (Nov 08), Drew Tomlinson said: > I recently installed ntpd on a 486 system running 4.1.1-STABLE and it > appears to be working. However, my log file shows the following > entries: > > Nov 7 02:36:58 blacksheep ntpd[372]: time reset -0.166610 s > Nov 7 02:36:58 blacksheep ntpd[372]: synchronisation lost > Nov 7 08:01:35 blacksheep ntpd[372]: time reset -0.154462 s > Nov 7 08:01:35 blacksheep ntpd[372]: synchronisation lost > Nov 7 09:48:32 blacksheep ntpd[372]: time reset -0.167576 s > Nov 7 09:48:32 blacksheep ntpd[372]: synchronisation lost > > What does the "synchronisation lost" message mean and why do I get > it? Is it something to be concerned about? What's more worrying is the fact that ntp is having to jump time by over .1 seconds every few hours. Depending on exactly how recently you installed FreeBSD, ntp might still be trying to calculate your clock's drift. What does "ntpdc -c kerninfo" print? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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