Internet Time Synchronization for Puppy Linux?

[accessdenied]

Anyone using net time synch on puppy?
Search only came out with this from 2005 and the download file is corrupt.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=1812

Anyone using any recent pet package?

Cheers.

[Aitch]

Hi
I don't know if this got done, try pm'ing leachim

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 6ebb13b594

else:-

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 8995bd486b

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... a2850d48cd

Aitch

[JB4x4]

Here's what I have been using:

First, download this file: http://puppylinux.ca/bugs/ntpdate-4.2.4p4_NOMENU.pet

After installing, a window will open with the following instructions:

To enable the program to sync to the time server you must go to /etc/services and add the following two lines at the bottom of the file in a new line:

ntp 123/tcp # Network Time Protocol
ntp 123/udp # Network Time Protocol

Then, all you need is a small script to connect to the server and update your clock. Here's mine:

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#!/bin/sh
# Time Sync
# Requires ntpdate-4.2.4p4_NOMENU.pet to be ran first

/usr/bin/ntpdate 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
/sbin/hwclock --localtime --systohc

I called my script timesync.sh and made executable with the command "chmod +x timesync.sh" and added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Here are different time servers to replace "0.north-america.pool.ntp.org" depending on your location.

South America: 0.south-america.pool.ntp.org

Asia: 0.asia.pool.ntp.org

Europe: 0.europe.pool.ntp.org

Oceania: 0.oceania.pool.ntp.org

Hope this helps,
JB

[erikson]

Anyone using net time synch on puppy?

FWIW (not much actually)...

pcPuppyOS rc6 has a preconfigured time sync function
Menu > Desktop > Syncronize clock with timeserver

I never got it working, I always get the error message

ERROR: Syncronizing your time to the time server
<timeserver> was unsuccessful. It may be a bad
network connection or a dead server (the server to
use is stored in /etc/timeserver)

I tried with various timeservers (in /etc/timeserver) that do work in WinXP/SP2

Edit: Now I also added the ntp 123 lines in /etc/services as suggested by JB4x4 and tried again. Same result, nogo.

[accessdenied]

Thanks all for your input.

JB4x4, will definitely try your method. what puppy distro are you using with this?

cheers.

[accessdenied]

JB4x4,
Curious, in your script, can multiple sites be added in case 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org is down?

Also, where did you put this file on your machine?

Regards.

[Wolf Pup]

There's a NTP with menu entry when clicked on sync puppys clock, ntpdate-4.2.4p4_m.pet

[alexthedragon]

Thank you, my on board clock is broken, so I use this everyday.

[ecomoney]

Seems the links are broken to the .pet

I need to set the time at boot at a teaching suite where all of the bios batteries are flat! Replacing them is prohibitively expensive for the make of laptop we are using (Dell D600's)

Edit: Im using puppy 4.21 so this script would be in the /root/Startup folder

[nic2109]

Seems the links are broken to the .pet.

You could try sending a PM to forum member 'caneri'. I believe he maintains (and funds, so please be polite) puppylinux.ca.

[Aitch]

Rob,

D600 Cmos batteries, are £2.79 each freepost from HK on ebay

Buy 10 and get postage discount....

Aitch

[CatDude]

Hi

Here are copies of both

ntpdate-4.2.4p4_NOMENU.pet
md5sum: b1553e95cc6b2e881734c55c241ec701
and
ntpdate-4.2.4p4_m.pet
md5sum: 1166a4bc0815d353c014852f2d8da718

Hope this helps
CatDude
.

[ecomoney]

Cheers catdude

I installed this pet an ran

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# ntpdate -d ntp.demon.co.uk
21 Mar 11:37:13 ntpdate[29402]: ntpdate 4.2.4p4@1.1520-o Wed Oct 10 14:09:21 Universal 2007 (3)
Looking for host ntp.demon.co.uk and service ntp
Error : Servname not supported for ai_socktype
21 Mar 11:37:13 ntpdate[29402]: can't find host ntp.demon.co.uk

21 Mar 11:37:13 ntpdate[29402]: no servers can be used, exiting

Seems the problem was with the /etc/services file. I had to add ntp as a service by adding hese lines to the bottom of the file.

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ntp      123/udp
ntp       123/tcp

So I ran ntpdate again

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# ntpdate -d ntp.demon.co.uk
21 Mar 11:39:43 ntpdate[31682]: ntpdate 4.2.4p4@1.1520-o Wed Oct 10 14:09:21 Universal 2007 (3)
Looking for host ntp.demon.co.uk and service ntp
host found : ntp.demon.co.uk
transmit(158.152.1.76)
receive(158.152.1.76)
transmit(158.152.1.76)
receive(158.152.1.76)
transmit(158.152.1.76)
receive(158.152.1.76)
transmit(158.152.1.76)
receive(158.152.1.76)
transmit(158.152.1.76)
server 158.152.1.76, port 123
stratum 2, precision -28, leap 00, trust 000
refid [158.152.1.76], delay 0.06039, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    cf3cc8f3.57a3a8e7  Sat, Mar  6 2010 12:28:35.342
originate timestamp: cf3cccd1.3086162f  Sat, Mar  6 2010 12:45:05.189
transmit timestamp:  cf5083ff.d3539325  Sun, Mar 21 2010 11:39:43.825
filter delay:  0.06215  0.06039  0.06050  0.06055 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: -1292078 -1292078 -1292078 -1292078
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.06039, dispersion 0.00000
offset -1292078.653402

21 Mar 11:39:43 ntpdate[31682]: step time server 158.152.1.76 offset -1292078.653402 sec

OK, so now I had the right time But the date was wrong Today was the 6th of march and the output says 21st of march

So maybe the demon timeserver was out? (unlikely I think but possible...demon internet is, or was, a bit isp in the UK). So I tried..

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ntpdate -d 0.pool.ntp.org
21 Mar 12:10:04 ntpdate[29503]: ntpdate 4.2.4p4@1.1520-o Wed Oct 10 14:09:21 Universal 2007 (3)
Looking for host 0.pool.ntp.org and service ntp
transmit(213.154.229.24)
receive(213.154.229.24)
transmit(213.154.229.24)
receive(213.154.229.24)
transmit(213.154.229.24)
receive(213.154.229.24)
transmit(213.154.229.24)
transmit(213.186.41.134)
receive(213.154.229.24)
transmit(213.154.229.24)
receive(213.186.41.134)
transmit(213.186.41.134)
receive(213.186.41.134)
transmit(213.186.41.134)
receive(213.186.41.134)
transmit(213.186.41.134)
receive(213.186.41.134)
transmit(213.186.41.134)
transmit(141.40.103.101)
receive(141.40.103.101)
transmit(141.40.103.101)
receive(141.40.103.101)
transmit(141.40.103.101)
receive(141.40.103.101)
transmit(141.40.103.101)
receive(141.40.103.101)
transmit(141.40.103.101)
server 213.154.229.24, port 123
stratum 2, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
refid [213.154.229.24], delay 0.08026, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    cf3cd36c.733e1f35  Sat, Mar  6 2010 13:13:16.450
originate timestamp: cf3cd3ee.119eb59d  Sat, Mar  6 2010 13:15:26.068
transmit timestamp:  cf508b1c.8b47e8cc  Sun, Mar 21 2010 12:10:04.544
filter delay:  0.08568  0.08101  0.08142  0.08026 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: -1292078 -1292078 -1292078 -1292078
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.08026, dispersion 0.00000
offset -1292078.502609

server 213.186.41.134, port 123
stratum 2, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
refid [213.186.41.134], delay 0.06505, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    cf3cd0b1.71481ecd  Sat, Mar  6 2010 13:01:37.442
originate timestamp: cf3cd3ee.3609676a  Sat, Mar  6 2010 13:15:26.211
transmit timestamp:  cf508b1c.b0e8ea39  Sun, Mar 21 2010 12:10:04.691
filter delay:  0.06651  0.06505  0.06572  0.07222 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: -1292078 -1292078 -1292078 -1292078
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.06505, dispersion 0.00000
offset -1292078.501010

server 141.40.103.101, port 123
stratum 2, precision -20, leap 00, trust 000
refid [141.40.103.101], delay 0.08450, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    cf3cccbc.9c4be1f8  Sat, Mar  6 2010 12:44:44.610
originate timestamp: cf3cd3ee.79646c3f  Sat, Mar  6 2010 13:15:26.474
transmit timestamp:  cf508b1c.f2f9335d  Sun, Mar 21 2010 12:10:04.949
filter delay:  0.08510  0.08450  0.08589  0.08641 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: -1292078 -1292078 -1292078 -1292078
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.08450, dispersion 0.00000
offset -1292078.504497

21 Mar 12:10:05 ntpdate[29503]: step time server 213.186.41.134 offset -1292078.501010 sec

The date is still out, so as a workaround I did

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date --set='-15 days'
Sat Mar  6 12:13:51 GMT 2010

This wound the clock back fifteen days and I got the right date/time....at least at this boot. Im gonna add these commands to a script in /root/Startup, and reboot and test after disconnecting the power cord!

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ntpdate -d 0.pool.ntp.org
date --set='-15 days'

[ecomoney]

Ok, that seemed to work! Ive rebooted and pulled the power cord after adding that script and now the date AND time are correct (found out by typing "date" at the command prompt). Well, I can only wait until tommorow to do some more tests.

Im sorry to hear Caneri's server is down too. I have noted in the past it often runs out of bandwidth.

Aitch, thanks for the ebay link. Thinking about it, I am developing a system for Adult education, where they might still have this problem, so it would be better to set the date from the internet each boot rather than correct the BIOS problem, that way the system works whatever the state of the battery. Currently on the machines I just have to press F12 to bring up the boot menu and select "onboard NIC" from the boot menu. This isnt such a drag as having to set the date/time each boot as well. Booting 14 machines in the morning and setting the date on each can be a real time sink before class.

Cheers for your help everyone