Re: AMD Quad Core clock problem?

From: Marc Perkel
Date: Wed Apr 16 2008 - 17:47:19 EST



--- Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Chris Snook
> <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Marc Perkel wrote:
> >
> > > My best guess at this time is that the drift of
> this
> > > computer using the quad core is so great that
> the ntpd
> > > can't get in sync. Is there any way to make ntpd
> more
> > > agressive by setting something in ntp.conf?
> > >
> >
> > ntp can correct for 500 ppm drift, which equates
> to 1.8 seconds per hour.
> > Beyond that you need to run ntpdate or ntpd -gq
> from cron to correct it.
>
> It's better to correct the clock frequency once with
> the tickadj or
> adjtimex, so you don't have to add ntpdate to cron
> and you can still
> run ntpd.
>
> Bart.
>

ok - thanks. How do I do that?


Marc Perkel
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