On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 01:24:23AM -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > I am running a server inside of VMWare, and the clock gains > > ~30 seconds > > every 1000 seconds or 1.03X. > > ... What CentOS, kernel version? Maybe a better followup to the centos-virt mailing list... > > > Ideas? If I cannot get ntpd working, then I will have to > > resort to a cron * > > * * * * rdate -s time.intranet.pdinc.us > > > > > ntpdc -p > > remote local st poll reach delay offset disp > ======================================================================= > =time 0.0.0.0 3 64 1 0.00046 -34.34546 7.93799 > =LOCAL(0) 127.0.0.1 10 64 1 0.00000 0.000000 7.93752 > =time2 0.0.0.0 3 64 1 0.00040 -34.33556 7.93799 > =time3 0.0.0.0 3 64 1 0.00050 -34.33738 7.93799 > why don't you configure ntpd to an external server? > ntpdc -c sysinfo > > system peer: 0.0.0.0 > system peer mode: unspec > leap indicator: 11 > stratum: 16 > precision: -16 > root distance: 0.00000 s > root dispersion: 0.00099 s > reference ID: [0.0.0.0] > reference time: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 1:28:16.000 > system flags: auth monitor ntp kernel stats > jitter: 0.000015 s > stability: 0.000 ppm > broadcastdelay: 0.007996 s > authdelay: 0.000000 s > > > But still no clock setting... > > > By the time I wrote the above: > > st poll reach delay offset disp > ======================================= > 3 64 37 0.00058 -52.85483 0.43922 > 10 64 37 0.00000 0.000000 0.43831 > 3 64 37 0.00034 -52.79517 0.43925 > 3 64 37 0.00055 -52.80582 0.43925 > > no issue here: [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ date Wed Dec 12 10:46:02 CET 2007 [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ sudo ntpdc -p remote local st poll reach delay offset disp ======================================================================= =LOCAL(0) 127.0.0.1 10 64 1 0.00000 0.000000 2.81735 =ntp.pasteur.fr 157.99.90.56 1 64 1 0.00131 0.004765 2.81740 [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ ntpdc -p remote local st poll reach delay offset disp ======================================================================= =LOCAL(0) 127.0.0.1 10 64 1 0.00000 0.000000 2.81735 =ntp.pasteur.fr 157.99.90.56 1 64 1 0.00131 0.004765 2.81740 [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ ntpdc -c sysinfo system peer: 0.0.0.0 system peer mode: unspec leap indicator: 11 stratum: 16 precision: -20 root distance: 0.00000 s root dispersion: 0.00055 s reference ID: [73.78.73.84] reference time: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 7:28:16.000 system flags: auth monitor ntp kernel stats jitter: 0.000000 s stability: 0.000 ppm broadcastdelay: 0.003998 s authdelay: 0.000000 s [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ uname -a Linux centos5-i386-vm.bis.pasteur.fr 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5vm #1 SMP Thu Dec 6 11:09:34 EST 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ ntpdc -p remote local st poll reach delay offset disp ======================================================================= =LOCAL(0) 127.0.0.1 10 64 17 0.00000 0.000000 0.96858 *ntp.pasteur.fr 157.99.90.56 1 64 17 0.00131 0.004765 0.96953 [tru at centos5-i386-vm ~]$ Cheers, Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071212/b9b59563/attachment-0005.sig>