9.04 Jaunty - automagically setting the time

[Rashkae]

william drescher wrote:
> My 9.04 server is gaining time.   When I installed it, I thought 
> I asked it to sync with a time server, but it obviously is not.
> 
> What is the procedure to set it to sync daily ?
> 
> bill
> 
> 

There is an old bug in Jaunty that can prevent ntp from updating your
clock.  To whit:

If you look at the /etc/default/ntpdate file, you will see there is an
option, by default set to yes, to use the time servers listed in
/etc/ntp.conf file.  This file should not exist in a default Ubuntu
install, however, there is another program somewhere that likes to
create a blank net.conf file, and then ntpdate-debian command stops working.

Either comment out that line, or make sure the time servers you want to
sync with are included in your ntp.conf file.  Test from command line to
make sure ntpdate-debian works.

Also, out of curiosity, what are the contents of
/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource   and
/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource on
your system?