{solved - kinda} Sync Time (NTP) automatically in intervals

[Elfenwald]

(see end of post for temporary solution)

 

Hi all!

 

little problem here - when running my Turion-based laptop without the ACPI mod, it becomes frigging hot and loud, with the patch the system clock lags like crazy...

 

Until there is a fix, a simple workaround would be to update the time from a timeserver every hour or so, so the time keeps at least somewhat near the real time...

 

But how to do it? the internal ntp service seems to work only once on startup and whenever I open the time preferences manually.

 

Is there a way to tell OS X to run the time sync in intervals, or is there a little app like "Atom Clock" that does the job?

 

I searched a lot, but on the forums its a bit difficult due to the 3-letter restriction (NTP is just 3, can't change it...) and otherwise I only found helper apps for PPC, no UB stuff...

 

Any hints??

Thanks!!!

 

 

Update: I found a workaround. Of course this is NOT a "clean" solution. Will have to wait until AMD support is better and the clock speed is not affected any more.

OK - ntpd won't run from cron for some reason, same for ntpdate. Sudo is a problem since it requires manual entering your password.

My Solution: got GeekTool installed, then defined as one of the jobs a terminal with following command:

echo "YourPassword" | sudo -S ntpdate -u

and set the refresh to something around 3-5 minutes (turnes out to be about 7-10 minutes when the CPU is throttled).

 

well, ok, you got your PW in cleartext etc.etc.... but as I said: quick and dirty workaround. At least your system time will catch up with reality here and there.... ;-)