Confirmed. But this is not a ntp or upstart bug. If you are running off wireless, then only when you log in will gnome- network-manager (or knetworkmanager if under KDE) be run -- and this is when, eventually, ntpdate gets kicked.
NTP is started during the boot process (I think as a S50) if it is installed. So... in fact, n-m should not run ntpdate if ntpd is running. Marking as a n-m bug. ** Also affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- ntp starts before the network is up in feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/90267 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs