From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 9 21:30:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67B51065678 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 21:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848A88FC12 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 21:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m49LU4QZ095522 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 21:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m49LU44t095514; Fri, 9 May 2008 21:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 21:30:04 GMT Message-Id: <200805092130.m49LU44t095514@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org From: Bruce Cran Cc: Subject: Re: i386/123462: clock is to fast X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bruce Cran List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 21:30:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR i386/123462; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Cran To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, info@maroufi.net Cc: Subject: Re: i386/123462: clock is to fast Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 22:26:46 +0100 ntp is designed to compensate for that sort of drift, but it should be run continuously: the best setup is to run ntpdate once on boot to make any large adjustments but also to run ntpd so it can track and correct any drift. There's a guide to configuring ntpd in the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-ntp.html -- Bruce Cran