Bill Studenmund wrote:

> > > >I read that 1.3 integrates NTP into the system. I'd like to run
> > > >xntpd, but I just can't find tickadj anywhere on my machine. How much
> > > >of the NTP package is included?
> > > 
> > > Tickadj is used to tweak kernel parameters to improve ntp operation.
> > > Since there is already ntp support built into the kernel I expect it's
> > > not needed, hence not provided.
> > 
> > Yabut, the FAQ says:
> 
> Uhm, blow off the FAQ here. This FAQ entry was written before ntp got
> integrated. Things might have changed a little with the integration.
> 
> The xntpd man page mentions an ntpq and an xntpdc program to see how it's
> doing. Also, you can turn on debugging.
> 
> Check out the man page, I think it'll be your friend.

I looked at all the man pages. (They weren't real helpful, at least not
for me.) I also tried the xntpdc program (ntpq looks like it's used to
configure an NTP server, which I most certainly am not!), to no avail.
Finally, I turned on debugging in xntpd, but I can't make out what's
going on.

I've been running ntpdate on boot, so my problem is likely not that the
clock is too far off to begin with. Time is synced right after boot, so
ntpdate is doing its job, but the machine loses time exactly as though
no NTP were being done.

Thinking ahead a bit, to when I'll have this solved (I know I will!):
www.netbsd.org ought to start putting together an enormous pile of
platform-independent HOWTOs, especially with all the new functionality
of 1.3.

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