From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF07613854F for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:50:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A205B21C03D; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D6FAE055E for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D99233DAC4 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:50:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.255 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.255 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.454, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bHjKOgevbUoo for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:49:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD4F533D7C7 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TwKlB-0003YM-Cb for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:05 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:05 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:49:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20130117232758.343ef0a6@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20130118223610.024c9ef4@digimed.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 47f09c98-6f8f-4278-800c-6324c50d50cf X-Archives-Hash: fe0df871c4f9e84c4d74d62088147d8a On 2013-01-18, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> >> By default, ntpd doesn't seem to want to do >> >> a step correction to fix large clock errors on startup (there's >> >> probably an option for that). >> > >> > That's for ntp-client to do. >> >> In additon to being a server, ntpd _is_ an ntp client. > > But ntpd will not handle large jumps in time, such as when booting > with a broken CMOS clock. So you run /etc/init.d/ntp-client as well, > which gets the clock right at boot time, then ntpd can keep it right. Doh! I couldn't find a package named ntp-client or a program named ntp-client and didn't think to look in /etc/init.d... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! If Robert Di Niro at assassinates Walter Slezak, gmail.com will Jodie Foster marry Bonzo??