Re: [Sheflug - Sheffield Linux User's Group] time keeping

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> hi all,
> 
> bit of a trivial one this! (sorry)
> when running linux, my pc doesn't keep very good time.
> hardly looses a minute when running windows though!
> do i need one of those kde apps to modify the system time or is there a simple
> way to do this.
> i've looked for some sort of config setting through yast and all that but can't
> seem to see anything relevant.
> is there an explanation for the time loss?
> is there a simple way to change system time?
> 
> my bios has no access to time adjustment so i have to boot into windows to do.
> bit of a pain as i don't use very often now!
> 



The best way I have of sync'ing time is to put:

	/usr/sbin/netdate tcp ntp2a.mcc.ac.uk tcp ntp2b.mcc.ac.uk \
		tcp ntp2c.mcc.ac.uk tcp ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk \
		tcp ntp.cs.strath.ac.uk

Then:
        /sbin/clock -wu

in /etc/ppp/ip-up ... what that'll do is time sync against the NTP servers at 
Manchster and Strathclyde...then I write the updated time back to the BIOS. 
As its in ip-up, it runs once everytime I go online. Keeps the clock nicely 
sync'd and pretty accurate :)

Chris...

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