ntpd and kernel message set_rtc_mmss: can't update

[Wolfgang S. Rupprecht]

"Rob Brown-Bayliss" <uncertain.genius at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, I have been having problems with the system clock in FC6 test 3.
> The system clcok is drifting ahead of the real time even with ntpd
> running.

What does "ntpq -p" show?  

A healthy ntp should show at least one ntp server with a "reach"
column of 377, a stratum (st) column of some low number (< 16).

[wolfgangl at ancho ~]$ ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 capsicum.wsrcc. .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 4000.00
*bonnet.wsrcc.co 204.123.2.5      2 u   33   64  377    0.890    8.023   3.363
+sonic.wsrcc.com 204.123.2.5      2 u   29   64  377    0.965    5.427   5.074
+bonnet.wsrcc.co 204.123.2.5      2 u   34   64  377    0.916    7.991   4.090
 capsicum.wsrcc. .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 4000.00
 LOCAL(0)        LOCAL(0)        12 l   32   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.001
[wolfgangl at ancho ~]$

> 22 Oct 10:23:55 ntpdate[6884]: no servers can be used, exiting
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That is a hint.  ntpdate can't find any servers.  That can be either
because no servers are listed in /etc/ntp/step-tickers or because they
are down or blocked by a firewall.

-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht                http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/