[ntp:questions] Re: SUSE OSS 10 NTPD Clock Drift
Steve Kostecke
kostecke at ntp.isc.org
Thu Jan 19 20:52:13 UTC 2006
On 2006-01-19, garskof <garskof at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had the same clock drift when it was set up with WinDoze, so I doubt
> it is SUSE that is at fault.
What is the kernel version (`uname -a`) and what hardware is being used?
Does the system use IDE drives or power management?
Is the system heavily loaded. I/O bound, etc.
> So ntp will only correct if the drift is less then some value? On
> startup it corrects no matter how off the clock is, but after that it
> never corrects again.
What is most likely happening is that the clock is drifting faster than
ntpd can correct it.
> I assumed there was a way to increase the number of times per day ntp
> checks with its servers.
ntpd _continuously_ disciplines (i.e. adjusts) your clock.
ntpd's poll interval (i.e. when it check the remote time servers) starts
at 64 seconds and, if conditions are right, increases to 1024 seconds
(~17 minutes).
> I guess a cron of ntpdate evey hour or so is my own choice. Sigh.
If you wish to go that route, run 'ntpd -qg' from cron; ntpdate is
deprecated.
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Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.isc.org>
NTP Public Services Project - http://ntp.isc.org/
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