Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 550 and ntp

[Simon Dick <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 09:51, Bruce Timberlake wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> > Has anyone got the raq 550 to set the ntp server? I've found the
> > option, typed in a valid ntp server, submitted it and then the page
> > comes back with the text box empty again and it's not set in the
> > config either.
> >
> > Anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Grr...  I submitted bug report after bug report on this while the 550 
> was under development, but it kept getting closed as "Works For Me" 
> as nobody in QA could apparently reproduce the problem.  Guess it 
> wasn't just me after all... :)
> 
> I believe somebody internal at Sun came up with a workaround of 
> entering the NTP server IP address instead of the domain name...  you 
> might try that and see if it works.  Not sure why that would make a 
> difference, but it can't hurt to try...

Yep, putting the IP address in worked fine, nice to know they let a
known bug through :|

> Or find the NTP config file and edit it by hand...

If nobody knew a workaround I would've done just that :)