Re: [gpsd-dev] Disturbing numbers

[Andy Walls]

On Sun, 2013-11-03 at 14:07 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Andy Walls <address@hidden>:

> > 2.  What does ntpdate -q (of a trusted server) tell you about your
> > system clock offset?  Is it 2 seconds off, or very close to UTC?
> 
> address@hidden:/home/esr/software/gpsd# ntpdate -q
>  3 Nov 13:54:16 ntpdate[31037]: no servers can be used, exiting


ntpdate -q requires a server name or IP address on the commandline.
Sorry if that wasn't obvious. 

Like the hostname 'snark' BTW. :)

> address@hidden:/home/esr/software/gpsd# ntpq -p
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
> ==============================================================================
>  ntp1.Housing.Be 128.32.206.54    2 u   22   64    1   84.103   -2.491   0.000
>  15.126.197.207  192.5.41.40      2 u   22   64    1   14.065    0.589   0.000
>  tux.brhelwig.co 127.67.113.92    2 u   37   64    1   51.581    0.052   0.000
>  vimo.dorui.net  208.90.144.52    3 u   37   64    1   16.588   -0.860   0.000
>  golem.canonical 193.79.237.14    2 u   37   64    1  114.052   -7.414   0.000
 ^
No 1 characters codes in from of names.  Nothing has been selected or
excluded.

Reachability of 0001 (vs. 0377) indicates that only one poll has
happened.

You'll have to wait a bit for truechimers to get selected.