ntpd sync fails on boot

[Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:49:34 -0700, Craig White wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 21:42 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:12:35 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>> 
>> > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 20:04 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:58:25 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> [...]
>> > ----
>> > yeah - not a NetworkManager issue at all.
>> > 
>> > # cat /etc/ntp/step-tickers
>> > # List of servers used for initial synchronization.
>> > 
>> > What do you have there?
>> > 
>> > Craig
>> 
>> [root]# cat /etc/ntp/step-tickers
>> mbrc21
>> 
>> Not much.  What you see is the name of the local ntp server (among
>> other things).  It is correctly defined in /etc/hosts .
> ----
> that's likely to be the problem though...
> 
> is mbrc21 listed by itself in /etc/hosts?
> 
> You might want to temporarily put in the actual IP Address instead
> 
> Craig


mbrc21 is on a line with other names.  I put in the IP
address as you suggested.  It didn't help.

Mike.