ntpd, chrony [was: Re: [plug] Backimg up entire drive]

[William Kenworthy]

I was having probs with ntp and decided to shift to chrony.  Whilst
initially happy, I have gone back to ntp.

Chrony requires rtc as a module or compiled in, and vmware didnt like it
(since fixed though).  Time regulation was poor compared to ntp on a
dialup with a high usage (i.e., teenagers ...).  Didnt like stop/start
operation (would silently die - often!).  gentoo has had a tick adjust
in the kernel that ntp can handle, but chrony demands it be only set to
100. 

Some of these may be fixed, but overall I find ntp just works, chrony
was a constant monitor for "why is the time off this time"

BillK

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 19:19, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:04:31PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
> 
> | In message <20040105110002.GB25582 at patrick.wattle.id.au>
> | on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:00:02PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> | > chrony
> | 
> | What are the differences between chrony and ntpd clones? (I've always
> | just used the thing that is called `ntpd` under whatever operating
> | system I am using.)
>