From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 12 15:08:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D529916A41C for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:08:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from joseph.day-light.net (209-145-160-141.accessus.net [209.145.160.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8062943D4C for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:08:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from w1 (unknown [10.1.5.36]) by joseph.day-light.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE3C4F40B; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:08:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "John Brooks" To: "David Marshall" , Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:08:53 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <53f158630506112337510e0a93@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Driving Me Nuts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@day-light.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:08:50 -0000 try this: kill the ntpd process run "ntpdate sundial.columbia.edu" restart ntpd ntpd is not happy if the clock is too far off -- John Brooks john@day-light.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Marshall > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:37 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: NTP: Driving Me Nuts > > > I'm having an awful time trying to get NTP working on some new servers. > > Consider three machines: > > jeffy: my home machine, runs 5.4 with a very sleek kernel, sits > behind a router. > > web1: one of the new servers, running 5.4-p2 with a kernel > configuration that *only* has options INET6 commented out: > > root@web1# diff GENERIC WEB > 25c25 > < ident GENERIC > --- > > ident WEB > 32c32 > < options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols > --- > > #options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols > > > web2: another of the new servers, running 5.4 with GENERIC > > All three have the same /etc/ntp.conf: > > server sundial.columbia.edu > driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift > > All, of course, have ntpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > > Here are the relevant lines from the log when I run /etc/rc.d/ntpd > start, after making sure it is stopped, of course. When any of them > is stopped "netstat -n | fgrep 123" yields no lines. > > jeffy: > > Jun 11 23:24:53 jeffy ntpd[90141]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Mon May 9 > 15:42:44 PDT 2005 (1) > Jun 11 23:24:53 jeffy ntpd[90141]: no IPv6 interfaces found > > web1: > > Jun 12 02:28:23 web1 ntpd[783]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Sun Jun 12 00:46:05 > EDT 2005 (1) > Jun 12 02:28:23 web1 ntpd[783]: no IPv6 interfaces found > Jun 12 02:28:23 web1 ntpd[783]: bind() fd 6, family 2, port 123, addr > 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in use > > web2: > > Jun 12 02:24:28 web2 ntpd[32792]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Sun May 8 > 06:01:21 UTC 2005 (1) > Jun 12 02:24:28 web2 ntpd[32792]: bind() fd 9, family 2, port 123, > addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in use > > > 'ntpq -p' on jeffy returns a normal looking ntpq result. 'ntpq -p' on > either web1 or web2 eventually times out. However, if I put a > "restrict" into their ntp.conf I get something like > > remote refid st t when poll reach delay > offset jitter > ================================================================== > ============ > hickory.cc.colu .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 > 0.000 400000 > > that never changes, even after several hours. > > I've read a lot of similar problem reports, but none of them ever seem > to have a definitive answer. > > Can anyone help? I'm really mystified. > > The only thing I have left to try is that I have noticed that jeffy > has NO_INET6 = true set in /etc/make.conf, whereas web1 does not have > this. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >