[mythtv-users] Zotac ION + NTP clock too fast?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Brian Long wrote:

> I've noticed my Zotac IONITX-C frontend is configured to use 3 NTP  
> servers, but it's time is increasing too quickly.  Last night, I  
> disabled NTP, ran ntpdate a few times, verified it was the same time  
> as my MBE, then started NTP again.  By this morning, it was 3  
> minutes ahead.  Has anyone else noticed their ION box running too  
> fast?
>
> The ION is PXE-booting Fedora 11 i386 and NFS mounting root over  
> NFS.  The /var/lib/ntp/drift file is part of the host-specific  
> snapshot directory and is writable.  I've not yet enabled ntpd debug  
> messages to see if I can narrow down the problem.  Thanks for any  
> feedback.

My own Zotac ION system (the dual-core one w/std atx power, whatever  
model that is) keeps time perfectly fine, previously running Fedora  
11, now running what'll be Fedora 12, but it boots off its own  
internal drive. I'd wager NFS is a factor here...

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com