do i need ntp?

clubhi · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Waco,Tx

Ok I have a problem with my motherboard where I have to reset cmos everytime.. Lets not talk about that. But because of that I need to reset my time everytime I boot up. This is annoying. Reading past posts pointed me to ntp. I emerged it and it all works fine. The problem is, isn't this a bit of overkill? It unmerged 3 other stuff and took like 10 minutes to compile. Isnt there osmething else out there that I can use that is less complicated. Im new to linux and permissions, but I know it windows I could write a very small program to connect to a server and get the time.

adaptr · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:35 am Post subject:

Use ntpdate if all you need to do is sync your system with an ntp server.
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jjasghar · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: do i need ntp?

clubhi · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Waco,Tx

Man I thought that would fix it too. But no... Is there a special technique to replacing the battery? I just switched them and did the jumper reset thing.
Right before this I was running windows (this is why I switched to gentoo) and I got a virus that downloaded 7 other viruses. I just ripped the harddrive out and put gentoo on a brand new one.
It kinda makes me wonder if the viruses could have damaged my bios??? I have already flashed my bios with 5 different versions.

jjasghar · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:27 am Post subject:

clubhi · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Waco,Tx

a bios can be flashed a lot more than 5 times. if the virus damaged the bios u could normally flash it out, but when I flash my bios it only overwrites 95% of it. There is always that 5% lingering around and I wonder whats in it.

adaptr · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject:

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

why do you have to reset your cmos every time you reboot? It's generally a better idea to fix the root of the problem instead of trying to figure out a bunch of little work-arounds.

all ntp does is sync the time with a time server (same as what windowz does). the rc-script ntp-client can sync the time when you boot up (so you don't have to worry about it).

also, you can remove the clock script from the boot runlevel if you don't want to sync with your bios clock at every reboot (i think...).

clubhi · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Waco,Tx

nevermind the cmos problem, after trying everything that every other computer guru has told me I have come to the conclusion that its a bad bios. I just got a new mb today. everything is up and running smoothly.