[9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Олег Бахарев]

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aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2. How to fix this problem ?

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Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Richard Miller]

> aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2

What ntp server are you naming in the timesync -n command?
Can you ip/ping it?

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Олег Бахарев]

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I can ping. Russian ntp2 stratix server

вт, 10 сент. 2019 г., 18:55 Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com>:

> > aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2
>
> What ntp server are you naming in the timesync -n command?
> Can you ip/ping it?
>
>
>

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Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Bakul Shah]

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May be you can try ru.pool.ntp.org. 

> On Sep 10, 2019, at 3:40 PM, Олег Бахарев <disconnectix@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I can ping. Russian ntp2 stratix server
> 
> вт, 10 сент. 2019 г., 18:55 Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com <mailto:9fans@hamnavoe.com>>:
> > aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2
> 
> What ntp server are you naming in the timesync -n command?
> Can you ip/ping it?
> 
> 


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Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Ori Bernstein]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:20:49 +0300, ________ ______________ <disconnectix@gmail.com> wrote:

> aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2. How to fix this problem ?

Can you define what doesn't work?

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    Ori Bernstein

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Ethan Gardener]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Олег Бахарев wrote:
> aux/timesync doesnt work in raspberry pi 2. How to fix this problem ?

I could never get it working until I did this:

term% cat /rc/bin/termrc.local
# timesync
# when timesync(8) says "$ntp", it's lying.
rm -f /sys/log/timesync
TIMESYNCARGS=(-na1000000 2.europe.pool.ntp.org)
term% 

I'm not sure what the rm was for, but it's not needed now. It must have been a debug option. I think I remember timesync complaining if /sys/log/timesync existed when it started up.

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Richard Miller]

> # when timesync(8) says "$ntp", it's lying.

Actually it's not.  But it depends on having a definition
for ntp= associated with your host or [sub]network in the
ndb database.

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Ethan Gardener]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, at 11:11 AM, Richard Miller wrote:
> > # when timesync(8) says "$ntp", it's lying.
> 
> Actually it's not.  But it depends on having a definition
> for ntp= associated with your host or [sub]network in the
> ndb database.

Oh of course! I wrote a top-level definition in ndb, assuming it would be inherited by networks and hosts. I don't think I ever had a reason for that assumption beyond laziness and craziness.

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Richard Miller]

> I don't think I ever had a reason for that assumption beyond laziness and craziness.

Not so crazy.  RTFMing in Plan 9 requires close attention - minimalist style
means every word matters.  The clue is in ndb(6):

          Ndb/cs can be made to perform such network aware searches by
          using metanames in the dialstring.  A metaname is a $ fol-
          lowed by an attribute name.  Ndb/cs looks up the attribute
          relative to the system it is running on.

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -n doesn't work

[Ethan Gardener]

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Richard Miller wrote:
> > I don't think I ever had a reason for that assumption beyond laziness and craziness.
> 
> Not so crazy.  RTFMing in Plan 9 requires close attention - minimalist style
> means every word matters. 

Thanks!  The trouble is I knew that; 9 or 10 years ago, I was telling other people!  I don't know what happened, but it's been a long time since I wanted to put everything aside and clear my head to just read the instructions.  Hmm... these days, I don't think my mood would let me if I tried.  I think I might be able to fix that.