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From: cornell@csl.dl.nec.com (Cornell Kinderknecht)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: messasge from xntpd
Message-ID: <cornell.675551368@michigan>
Date: 29 May 91 21:09:28 GMT
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I am running xntpd on the hosts in my network.  I have my hosts
configured as suggested in "On the Care and Feeding of Xntpd"--
three hosts polling 6 "off-campus" stratum 1 servers and 8
hosts (stratum 3) polling the previously mentioned three hosts.

My ntp.conf files are simple--they just have the peers defined
and the driftfile defined for each host.

Now, my question:
	I get the following message on the console of
	some hosts (not at the same time or on the same
	host).

	> xntpd[101]: Previous time adjustment didn't complete

What causes this?  What can be done?  It doesn't seem to be
any cause for alarm as it just happens once in a while and
at times with more frequency than others.

--- Cornell Kinderknecht
    cornell@csl.dl.nec.com	uunet!necbsd!cornell