Re: ntpd not correcting system time, offset keeps increasing

[scar <scar%drigon.com@localhost>]

David Lord wrote on 01/13/2015 07:50 PM:
> What ntpd related lines do you have in /etc/rc.conf

I just have:
| ntpdate=YES
| ntpd=YES


> (2) ntpdate is now deprecated but I find with above that ntpd
> syncs within 5 to 15 minutes which nearly always results in 
> no reduction in my pool score after reboots or ntpd restarts,
> ie scores stay at 20. 

if ntpd is doing things shouldn't i see that in my /var/log/messages?
however, if i grep for ntp the last entry was when the system booted
back in November, so it seems ntpd isn't even doing anything....