NTP fails synchronization with server at startup

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 23:44 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I have NTP configured to synchronize with a server at startup, but it
> always fails that as reported by F8 during the booting.
> Notwithstanding:
> 
> # /sbin/service ntpd restart
> Shutting down ntpd:                                        [  OK  ]
> ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:                      [  OK  ]
> Starting ntpd:                                             [  OK  ]
> #
> 
> Any ideas?
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output of ???

cat /etc/ntp/step-tickers
cat /etc/ntp/ntpservers
grep server /etc/ntp.conf
grep ntp /var/log/messages

Craig