Re: GPS Unit for Timekeeping on Linux?

From: FG (nono_at_nowhere.ca)
Date: 11/18/04


Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:32:23 -0500

By copying the following to a txt file and renaming it to *.reg,
Windows' clock will synchronize daily.
====================
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"InputProvider"=dword:00000001
"AllowNonstandardModeCombinations"=dword:00000001
"CrossSiteSyncFlags"=dword:00000002
"ResolvePeerBackoffMinutes"=dword:0000000f
"ResolvePeerBackoffMaxTimes"=dword:00000007
"CompatibilityFlags"=dword:80000000
"EventLogFlags"=dword:00000000
"DllName"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\w32time.dll"
"SpecialPollTimeRemaining"=hex(7):74,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,77,00,69,00,6e,\
  00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,2c,00,37,00,39,00,36,00,\
  63,00,33,00,35,00,39,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:00006180
===========================

<dold@XReXXGPSXU.usenet.us.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
cng11i$ujm$1@blue.rahul.net...
> W. Watson <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote:
>> computers. However, the one in the house in Win XP. I'm not sure Linux
>> and Win are
>> easy to network.
>
> I just did an "ntpdate" from redhat 9 to my WinXP system, so you ought to
> be able to set WinXP as the ntp server for your linux box. I had to play
> with the WinXP-SP2 firewall to get that to work.
>
> If you have a WinXP system, double-click the clock, and select internet
> time (a third tab on the clock setting page if you aren't in a domain).
> Select a reasonable time server. Earthlink doesn't seem to offer an ntp
> server. Sometimes the pop server or smtp server, or dns servers will
> respond to ntp requests, but not at Earthlink. ntp.exodus.net works.
>
> Windows gets the time about once a week. When you synchronize, it tells
> you when it is going to synchronize next. You could install ntp on the
> Winodws box if that isn't good enough. Actually, I just looked at mine.
> It synchronized at 8:58, and is going to sync again at 9:58.
>
> Linux and Windows love each other ;-) I share files, and run VNCviewer so
> I can mirror either windows or unix consoles to the other machine.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5
>



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