First, the easy fix: if the local system's time differs from the NTP server's time by a certain amount, ntpd will but sync the time. If I remember right, syslog gets a message about this, so grep ntp in /var/log/message and see what it says. If this is the case, there's an easy way to fix this: ntpdate clock -us or clock -s depending on whether your BIOS is UTC or not. Failing that, my main technique to find out what's going on: ntpq as rv Example: ntpq ntpq> as ind assID status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt =========================================================== 1 13724 96f4 yes yes none sys.peer reachable 15 ntpq> rv 13724 status=96f4 reach, conf, sel_sys.peer, 15 events, event_reach, srcadr=198.136.155.3, srcport=123, dstadr=192.168.2.2, dstport=123, leap=00, stratum=3, precision=-17, rootdelay=143.204, rootdispersion=145.233, refid=mail.getnet.net, reach=377, unreach=0, hmode=3, pmode=4, hpoll=10, ppoll=10, flash=00 ok, keyid=0, offset=3.589, delay=1.729, dispersion=14.843, jitter=12.625, reftime=c3469393.963dc486 Sun, Oct 26 2003 11:40:19.586, org=c3469795.407bbb62 Sun, Oct 26 2003 11:57:25.251, rec=c3469795.3fc92578 Sun, Oct 26 2003 11:57:25.249, xmt=c3469795.3f4f3fd9 Sun, Oct 26 2003 11:57:25.247, filtdelay= 1.73 1.91 1.92 1.80 2.14 1.76 1.96 1.70, filtoffset= 3.59 -9.04 -10.14 -10.85 -10.60 -8.09 -6.83 -10.62, filtdisp= 0.02 15.37 30.74 46.12 61.51 76.90 92.26 107.62 Somewhere in the output for your rv command should be a clue as to why NTP isn't sync'ing. rna On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, David Demland wrote: > Does any one know why ntpq -p would have the following output: > > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset > jitter > ============================================================================ > == > time.nist.gov .ACTS. 1 u 35 64 377 56.603 -355.35 > 4102.83 > clock.isc.org gps.laguna.vix. 2 u 41 64 377 73.566 -6279.9 > 5443.67 > catapult.sgi.co 0.0.0.0 0 u - 128 0 0.000 0.000 > 4000.00 > > Since there is not a "*" at the beginning of a line, the documentation says > that there is no server being used. How do I fix this? > > David > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >