From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 17 00:56:29 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C957C41C15 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:56:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=11229452a9=vogelke@pobox.com) Received: from KIRTLAND-MAIL1.afnoc.af.mil (kirtland-mail1.afnoc.af.mil [132.3.53.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "KIRTLAND-MAIL1.afnoc.af.mil", Issuer "DOD CA-28" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C34B7ECE for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=11229452a9=vogelke@pobox.com) Received-PRA: neutral (us.af.mil: 131.9.254.133 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of pobox.com) client-ip=131.9.254.133; envelope-from=vogelke@pobox.com; helo=us.af.mil; Received-SPF: neutral (us.af.mil: 131.9.254.133 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of pobox.com) client-ip=131.9.254.133; envelope-from=vogelke@pobox.com; helo=us.af.mil; Received: from us.af.mil (unknown [131.9.254.133]) by KIRTLAND-MAIL1.afnoc.af.mil with smtp (TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA) id 05a4_3219_4f3baa7f_459b_41be_90fe_8e7c8c3edb1e; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:56:14 +0000 Received: from ([131.9.40.227]) by 52vejx-mr-002.us.af.mil with SMTP id 5X21FN1.255012423; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:56:07 -0600 Received: (qmail 21647 invoked by uid 100); 17 Nov 2016 00:56:06 -0000 From: "Karl Vogel" Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:56:06 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd crashing unexpectedly (out of memory) Message-ID: <20161117005606.GA20478@bsd118.wpafb.af.mil> Reply-To: vogelke@pobox.com References: <84a50eee-0bf1-c1d6-62c4-c9915ded3953@stuffbymatt.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <84a50eee-0bf1-c1d6-62c4-c9915ded3953@stuffbymatt.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:56:29 -0000 >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:14:00AM -0700, Matt Adams wrote: M> On computer "B" ntpd starts but then dies with an "out of memory" error. M> Here is the output: M> ... M> ntpd: clnt_dg_create: out of memory This used to happen on Solaris boxes; the workaround was to start NTPD first, *then* start nscd. I know, grasping at straws... If push comes to shove, have you tried Chrony? It's supposed to be simpler than NTPD and work on FreeBSD: https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/ -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company Don't stand too close to people who are always bandaged up. (From "Fires Give the Test Just Ahead of the Lesson") --Joe Duval (duvalj@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu)