openntp "adjtime failed"

science4sail · 2007-12-03 02:27:29

I tried using openNTP to synchronize my computer clock, which is about a hour behind.
However, it doesn't seem to work.
Opening /var/log/daemon.log produces a bunch of the following:

Dec  2 12:22:09 Scrap-Machine ntpd[6776]: adjusting local clock by -3572.844308s
Dec  2 12:22:09 Scrap-Machine ntpd[6776]: adjtime failed: Invalid argument

Anyone know how to fix this?

Last edited by science4sail (2007-12-03 02:28:02)

tsweetser · 2008-02-12 00:09:23

I ran into this problem recently. My clock was off upwards of two hours and ntpd kept failing. Apparently it doesn't like making such large adjustments when it's running as a daemon, owing to potential inefficiency or system slowdown. I just manually did a (sudo) "ntpd -s -d" which ran through the update process once in the foreground. If you get timestamp errors afterwards on sudo commands, a "sudo -K" will clear the cache and resolve it.

glenn69 · 2011-01-23 20:35:48

How do I accomplish this automatically at boot? I am running openntpd in the daemons of rc.conf, but how do I append the -s option to that?

Thanks

graysky · 2011-01-23 21:49:15

Openntp or ntpd?

I usually:

/etc/rc.d/ntpd stop
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
23 Jan 16:48:47 ntpdate[29427]: adjust time server 69.31.13.207 offset 0.001909 sec
/etc/rc.d/ntpd start

jasonwryan · 2011-01-24 00:33:14

glenn69: the thread is three years old, please dont necro-bump https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

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#1 2007-12-03 02:27:29

openntp "adjtime failed"

#2 2008-02-12 00:09:23

Re: openntp "adjtime failed"

#3 2011-01-23 20:35:48

Re: openntp "adjtime failed"

#4 2011-01-23 21:49:15

Re: openntp "adjtime failed"

#5 2011-01-24 00:33:14

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