Time

[Derek Broughton]

»Steven Ringwald« wrote:

> 
> 
> norman wrote:
>> On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 14:41 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>>> norman wrote:
>>>> What is the best way to synchronise the computer time with real time
>>>> and then to keep it synchronised?
>>> right click the clock, open adjust time and date, change from manual to
>>> keep synched to internet clocks, let it install NTP if necessary, then
>>> open and select some local Internet time servers always worked well for
>>> me.
>> 
>> Thanks, I will give it a try. Do you know if this updates the time at
>> frequent intervals or only at certain times?
> 
> It should update it as needed, depending on how frequently your clock
> drifts. I think mine updates about once an hour or so (it is usually in
> the syslog when it does an update).

Perhaps that's an ubuntu/kubuntu difference, then.  My kubuntu setup
normally only updates when a network interface is brought up (I would hope
there's some consideration to do it at least daily, but since it's a
laptop, there are always interfaces coming and going).
-- 
derek