ntpd fails on boot

[David Nielsen]

ons, 15 02 2006 kl. 20:39 +0000, skrev Ola Thoresen:
> 2006-02-15 Truls Gulbrandsen <trulsg at broadpark.no> wrote
> >
> > Hi,
> > I was wondering if there is a wrong sequence regarding ntpd when booting.
> >
> > I have noticed that first ntpd tries to sync with server (fails) and
> > thereafter starts the ntpd service (success).
> 
> 
> When starting up, ntpd uses 'ntpdate' with the content of
> /etc/ntp/step-tickers as parameter(s)
> The default here is a few pool*.ntp.org lines, and I have several times
> noticed that this makes the syncing extremely slow - and sometimes
> failing.
> If I sync with just one or two local ntp-servers the startup is a _lot_
> faster.
> 
> ntpd however runs as a daemon, and will start even without being able to
> connect to any servers, as it will just try to resync the clock as soon
> as one or more servers are available.
> 
> So try to change your step-tickers so it just contains IE. ntp.uio.no
> (as you are here in Norwaym that one is quite reliable - your ISP might
> have another timeserver available, just add that one as well to get som
> redundancy).  Hopefully this will help.

Still it fails for network manager set ups as that service starts after
the ntp service - thus causing it to fail on every boot.

- David
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