Re: kernel 2.0.36 - 486 DX2 - clock skew?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
10 Feb 1999 06:49:07 GMT
Followup to: <199902100424.FAA14659@plateau.rug.ac.be>
By author: Immanuel Litzroth <immanuel@plateau.rug.ac.be>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Woodward <jim@jim.southcom.com.au> writes:
>
> Jim> On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Alex Buell wrote:
> >> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Jim Woodward wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was just compiling kernel2.0.36 on my 486 DX2/66 linux
> >> system and > got this message:
> >> >
> >> > make[1]: *** Warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be
> >> incomplete.
> >>
> >> Not a bug. It's a side effect of using NFS, when your NFS
> >> server's clock is out of sync with the NFS client's
> >> clock. Synchronise both clocks and the message will go away.
>
> Jim> Is there an easy way to sync the client to the server?
>
> Yes, use timed. For synchronization outside your local area network
> you would use ntpd.
> just do timed -M on the servers and
> timed on the clients
> Immanuel
>
ntpd is obsolete, use xntpd. I don't see any reason to use timed over
xntpd at all -- xntpd has a much better synchronization model.
-hpa
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