[CentOS] Clock Drifts Off

John R Pierce pierce at hogranch.com
Sat Feb 3 17:44:19 UTC 2007


Matt wrote:
> I installed CentOS 4.4 32 bit on a dual core AMD64 motherboad.  Its a
> Tyan Tomcat K8E motherboard with socket 939.  The clock keeps drifting
> off like 5+ minutes an hour.  Run ntpupdate hourly to compensate.
>
> Any ideas why or how to fix?


dunno why, but ntpd may be able to correct it.

  # yum install ntpd
  # vi /etc/ntp.conf  
  # chkconfig ntpd on
  # service ntpd start



all the conf file -needs- is a server line or two referencing some 
local-to-you NTP servers.   check with your ISP to see if they have any 
if you're not already running your own.



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