[net-misc/ntp-4.2.0-r2] changing 'ntpdate' to 'ntpd' in the /etc/conf.d/ntp-client configuration file yield in the following output: $ /etc/init.d#./ntp-client start * Setting clock via the ntp client 'ntpd'... ntpd: unknown option -Q usage: ntpd [ -abdgmnqx ] [ -c config_file ] [ -e e_delay ] [ -f freq_file ] [ -k key_file ] [ -l log_file ] [ -p pid_file ] [ -r broad_delay ] [ -s statdir ] [ -t trust_key ] [ -v sys_var ] [ -V default_sysvar ] [ -P fixed_process_priority ] [ -u user[:group] ] [ -i chrootdir ] * Failed to set clock This seems to because in the init.d script stays ${NTPCLIENT_CMD} -Q ${NTPCLIENT_OPTS} >/dev/null changing '-Q' to '-q' seems to work it out, but i'm not sure if i'm missing something arround... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. update /etc/conf.d/ntp-client with NTPCLIENT_CMD="ntpd" 2. /etc/init.d#./ntp-client start Actual Results: * Setting clock via the ntp client 'ntpd'... ntpd: unknown option -Q usage: ntpd [ -abdgmnqx ] [ -c config_file ] [ -e e_delay ] [ -f freq_file ] [ -k key_file ] [ -l log_file ] [ -p pid_file ] [ -r broad_delay ] [ -s statdir ] [ -t trust_key ] [ -v sys_var ] [ -V default_sysvar ] [ -P fixed_process_priority ] [ -u user[:group] ] [ -i chrootdir ] * Failed to set clock Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.25-gentoo-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bsh crypt cups doc encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk2 guile imlib innodb jabber java javascript jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib"
fixed in cvs edit your init.d script and remove the -Q if you want to use 'ntpd' as your client
