[TriLUG] dapper clock problem

[Jason Tower]

got a dapper machine with the time too fast by 55 sec:

   root at murphy:~# ntpdate -b pool.ntp.org
   27 Jul 16:18:46 ntpdate[12420]: step time server 193.120.142.71 offset \ 
-55.118258 sec

unfortunately that command is not fixing the time as it should, running 
'date' still reports a time 55sec in the future.  i tried ntpd but doesn't 
work either:

   Jul 27 15:55:16 murphy ntpd[11630]: time reset -55.023169 s

yet the clock is still off following the reset.  note that this 55s is a 
slow drift, it's only gaining a few seconds per day, but of course it adds up.

wtf do i have to do to get the system clock set to the correct time?

jason