Package: ntp-server Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Severity: important ntp-server is quickly losing its time sync. I don't know WTF, but for years ntp has kept offsets < 100 ms on my host, with the same 3 upstream servers I'm using now. But look at the offsets in the following sequence of results of 'date; ntpq -c peers', taken about 5 minutes apart:
Thu Mar 16 04:29:30 EST 2006 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== louie.udel.edu 18.145.0.30 2 u 6 64 3 18.594 -253.41 521.542 cudns.cit.corne 192.43.244.18 2 u 2 64 3 31.823 -284.90 518.453 ge-4-21-ur01.ro 68.87.96.6 3 u 4 64 3 7.897 -783.02 489.736 Thu Mar 16 04:35:48 EST 2006 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== louie.udel.edu 18.145.0.30 2 u 59 64 177 16.649 -2542.1 1400.86 cudns.cit.corne 192.43.244.18 2 u 58 64 177 31.581 -2540.6 1384.68 ge-4-21-ur01.ro 68.87.96.6 3 u 56 64 177 7.197 -1934.4 1231.28 Thu Mar 16 04:41:20 EST 2006 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== louie.udel.edu 18.145.0.30 2 u 6 64 377 17.152 -5982.6 1930.60 cudns.cit.corne 192.43.244.18 2 u 4 64 377 30.530 -4349.4 2327.72 ge-4-21-ur01.ro 68.87.96.6 3 u 1 64 377 7.281 -5335.2 1925.57 Thu Mar 16 04:45:00 EST 2006 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== louie.udel.edu 18.145.0.30 2 u 34 64 377 16.998 -9923.9 2853.67 cudns.cit.corne 192.43.244.18 2 u 31 64 377 31.092 -8410.4 2014.72 ge-4-21-ur01.ro 68.87.96.6 3 u 30 64 377 7.281 -5335.2 3488.40 Now ntpdate has some catching up to do: # /etc/init.d/ntp-server stop Stopping NTP server: ntpd. # ntpdate louie.udel.edu cudns.cit.cornell.edu 68.87.136.45 16 Mar 04:45:38 ntpdate[4844]: step time server 128.4.40.12 offset -11.689745 sec # ntpdate louie.udel.edu cudns.cit.cornell.edu 68.87.136.45 16 Mar 04:45:41 ntpdate[4850]: adjust time server 128.4.40.12 offset -0.058759 sec At this point, I have to shut down ntpd and run ntpdate once a day. ntpd is just broken. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (200, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ntp-server depends on: ii ntp 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Network Time Protocol: network uti ii ntp-simple 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Network Time Protocol: daemon for ntp-server recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]