From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 30 20:37:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2589753E for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from remote.thehowies.com (50-197-91-217-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [50.197.91.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "remote.thehowies.com", Issuer "RapidSSL CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 014F819E7 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PRIMARY.thehowies.local ([fe80::497b:de8e:1045:4c2a]) by PRIMARY.thehowies.local ([fe80::497b:de8e:1045:4c2a%24]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:37:13 -0700 From: John Howie To: "William A. Mahaffey III" CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: minor syslog issue Thread-Topic: minor syslog issue Thread-Index: AQHQg0NFQpcCH2qyzkOk8TKcKWpS5Z1l/OwAgAAFGwCAAAe0gIAABb4AgAAQWoD//9dcBoAAdpQA//+Wlso= Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:37:12 +0000 Message-ID: <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com> References: <55422366.8060000@hiwaay.net> <554229CE.30009@infracaninophile.co.uk> <55422E43.8090206@hiwaay.net> <5542348D.8000109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <5542398B.4000405@hiwaay.net>, <55424715.3080607@infracaninophile.co.uk> , <554288A3.7070108@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <554288A3.7070108@hiwaay.net> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:37:15 -0000 Aha, the missing piece of information! That will make a huge difference. Have you considered using a GPS or cellular connection for more accurate ti= mekeeping? Also, I diskless boot a couple of my RPIs to avoid all SHDC wear and tear. = You might want to look at that, too. You could avoid using syslog to write = to a loghost in this fashion, if they boot from your existing box. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 30, 2015, at 15:55, William A. Mahaffey III wrote= : >=20 >> On 04/30/15 14:56, John Howie wrote: >> A little OT but do you really want the RPI to be your time server? It ha= s no hardware clock. The time keeping will be (relatively) terrible. >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone >=20 > Actually, it keeps pretty good time. I do have a DS3231 RTC chip on the G= PIO slot, however, it is not (yet) fully supported. As long as there are no= power burps (yes it is on an UPS), I am OK. >=20 > --=20 >=20 > William A. Mahaffey III >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"