I'm using Mandrake to use the timeclock syncronized to the internet and
wondered if it was simple to do with Gentoo as well?

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Unknown uttered these immortal words:

> I'm using Mandrake to use the timeclock syncronized to the internet and
> wondered if it was simple to do with Gentoo as well?

Install and set up ntp.

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Andy.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:24:27 +0000, Andy Fraser wrote:

> In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Unknown uttered these immortal words:
>
>> I'm using Mandrake to use the timeclock syncronized to the internet and
>> wondered if it was simple to do with Gentoo as well?
>
> Install and set up ntp.

I've installed ntp and done

rc-update add ntpd boot

and it runs the daemon at startup but I don't know where to go from there.
All I want it to do is set my hardware clock at boot.

Unknown a écrit :
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:24:27 +0000, Andy Fraser wrote:
>
>
>>In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Unknown uttered these immortal words:
>>
>>
>>>I'm using Mandrake to use the timeclock syncronized to the internet and
>>>wondered if it was simple to do with Gentoo as well?
>>
>>Install and set up ntp.
>
>
> I've installed ntp and done
>
> rc-update add ntpd boot
>
> and it runs the daemon at startup but I don't know where to go from there.
> All I want it to do is set my hardware clock at boot.

use ntp-client :
edit /etc/conf.d/ntp-client
#/etc/init.d/ntp-client start
#rc-update add ntp-client boot
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Talkin'Loud & Sayin' Nothing

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Unknown uttered the immortal words:

> I've installed ntp and done
>
> rc-update add ntpd boot
>
> and it runs the daemon at startup but I don't know where to go from there.

It works transparently. Look in /etc/ntp.conf.

> All I want it to do is set my hardware clock at boot.

Use ntp-client instead of ntpd then.

--
Andy.

Unknown wrote:

> I'm using Mandrake to use the timeclock syncronized to the internet and
> wondered if it was simple to do with Gentoo as well?
I use this script in my /etc/cron.daily directory

#!/bin/bash
#Sets time
rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu && /sbin/hwclock --systohc

you will need to make sure the script is executable, and that you run cron
or anacron and you will need to have emerged rdate.

I like this method because I don't need another client or daemon running.

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jim

I've done as you said but I get the error at startup saying unknown host
www.pool.ntp.org (or something close to it, I can't find the log file)!
However eth0 is setup after this point so could the problem be due to
having no network available when trying to get internet time?
How do I ensure the network is configured before ntp-client attempts to
set the clock?
Many thanks for your help so far.

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, Unknown uttered the immortal words:

> I've done as you said but I get the error at startup saying unknown host
> www.pool.ntp.org (or something close to it, I can't find the log file)!

Something close to it? The exact URL would be helpful. The URL for the
ntp.org pool is pool.ntp.org.

> However eth0 is setup after this point so could the problem be due to
> having no network available when trying to get internet time?
> How do I ensure the network is configured before ntp-client attempts to
> set the clock?

You don't. Gentoo's init scripts use dependencies (have a look at some of
them). ntp-client needs "net" so Gentoo should bring the network up before
running ntp-client.

In a previous post you say that ntp is starting in runlevel boot. By default
(if you follow the handbook to the letter) net.eth0 starts in runlevel
default so ntp-client should probably start in runlevel default too.

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Andy.