[ntp:questions] Problem with NTP not keeping clock in sync under Ubuntu linux

Brad Knowles brad at stop.mail-abuse.org
Wed Aug 10 13:39:23 UTC 2005


At 1:48 PM +0100 2005-08-10, Laurence Rowe wrote:

>       remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay 
>offset  jitter
> 
>==============================================================================
>   maverick.mcc.ac 128.86.8.123     2 u   59   64  377    0.531 
>-574865 1393.11
>   veracity.mcc.ac 128.86.8.123     2 u   42   64  377    0.773 
>-575023 1376.94
>   utserv.mcc.ac.u 194.81.227.227   2 u   64   64  377    0.582 
>-575328 1176.47
>   scarp.mc.man.ac 194.81.227.227   2 u    2   64  377    0.534 
>-575315 1370.17

	This offset is way too much.  If you're this far off, then ntpd 
will give up trying to keep your clock in sync, unless this is just 
at startup and you use the "-g" option on the command-line.

	What are the options given to ntpd on startup?

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