NTPD and FC3

[Robert]

Robert wrote:
> John DeDourek wrote:
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>> Robert wrote:

<<snip my stupidity>>

John, you got me thinking after all this time. The problem WAS indeed 
kernel related. I had the very same problem when I first installed FC1 
last year. The GRUB default kernel was the -smp model. I don't know why 
it's picked as the default on this single-processor m/b but it is. Only 
now, we have the added "advantage" of the grub.conf line:
#hiddenmenu
Damn!
The old version is looking like, it did last week:
ntpq> pe
      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset 
  jitter
==============================================================================
xtime.nist.gov   .ACTS.           1 u   14   64  377   70.040  125.551 
  0.183
+ntp-0.gw.uiuc.e truechimer.cso.  2 u   10   64  377   42.383  110.860 
  0.861
-clock.xmission. .GPS.            1 u    6   64  377   56.133  101.561 
  1.304
-navobs1.wustl.e .USNO.           1 u    3   64  377   43.116  108.988 
  2.217
*Tick.UH.EDU     .USNO.           1 u   15   64  377   20.861  110.352 
  1.645
+now.cis.okstate .PSC.            1 u    8   64  377   23.140  109.707 
  1.800
ntpq>

....with jitter that is just a tad more respectable. :-)

All that remains now is for me to reinstall the ntp and dependencies 
that came with FC3 and replace the ntp.conf file with one that leaves 
the stratum 1 servers alone.

Thanks for your interest and for the nudge in the right direction!