Re: [Evolution] Evolution and time handling

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni billy demon nl>]

tir, 2003-03-11 kl. 02:58 skrev melissa davis:


> I had a similar difficulty with KDE.  Here are some things you can try:
>     - set the hardware time to UTC and tell KDE the hardware clock is
> UTC.  That worked on a couple of my systems.
>
>     - best thing is in a terminal, su to root, and issue %hostname%#
> /usr/sbin/netdate "timeserver".  For time server, list the DNS name or
> IP address of a Stratum clock close to you.  Stratum One servers that
> are open to boot time Stratum One hardware sets for Linux include:  
> 192.4.41.40 (tic.navy.mil - but use the IP address), 192.5.41.41
> (tock.navy.mil), and Tick.gpsclock.com (use the DNS name because the IP
> addresses change.

This presumes that your system has 'netdate', mine doesn't - I use
'rdate' each time I log on to the Internet, use my ISP's timeserver..

All of what follows is brilliant for those permanently connected to the
Internet, useless for laptop/notebook people. xntpd is a utility
designed to slew clocks gradually over hours, not to step them.

Best,

Tony
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>      - then set up xntp with the files in /etc (hostname# touch
> /etc/ntp.conf /etc.ntp.keys /etc/ntp.drift /var/log/ntp).  Locate two or
> three nearby Stratum 2 servers and do the very simple configurations. 
> the documentation at the following URL will give you a hand on it. 
> Enable xntp in your start-ups (Conrol Center|Run Level) and have it
> start at init 3 and 5.  http://www.ntp-zeit.de/index_en.htm.  It's
> really a snap and will actually discipline your hardware clock with
> small traffic in the background when your are on-line.
>
> Be a good netizen and don't use a Stratum One server.  They discipline
> Stratum Two Servers.  You don't need to be that accurate, at least not
> on a laptop function.  a Stratum 2 will give you 1*10^-10 variance, good
> enough for an OC-48 link.
>
> Now if the good folk at Evolution would let us have a header file as
> well as a signature, we could tell the MicroScheiss users that we are on
> GMT and not to spam us with emails that our emails are arriving five
> hours before they are sent (because we are GMT).
>
> if you have any trouble, I will send you copies of my config files.
>
> melissa
>
>
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