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From: Devon Miller <devon.c.miller@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o, gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ntp won't synchronize
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:06:03
Message-Id: c52221f0601101153j22d5b5d6k7ec7158ca895e339@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ntp won't synchronize by matthew.garman@gmail.com
1 Make sure you have told you firewall to allow port 123 for both TCP & UDP.
2 I had the same behavior until I did that.
3
4 dcm
5
6 On 1/9/06, matthew.garman@×××××.com <matthew.garman@×××××.com> wrote:
7 >
8 >
9 > I've been struggling with ntp for some time now. I've followed the
10 > gentoo wiki HOWTO for ntp:
11 >
12 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV#NTP
13 >
14 > As well as many other sources over the months. Basically, ntpq
15 > shows that I am not synchronized to any peers:
16 >
17 > # ntpq -p
18 > remote refid st t when poll reach delay
19 > offset jitter
20 >
21 > ==============================================================================
22 > Time4.Stupi.SE .PPS. 1 u 37 64 377 124.516 -11202.
23 > 1225.91
24 > thesimonet.org .TRUE. 1 u 38 64 377 109.329 -11213.
25 > 1232.51
26 > fin.rshell.net 192.114.62.249 3 u 32 64 377 205.910 -9569.1
27 > 1521.31
28 > titan.cais.rnp. 32.233.177.224 2 u 44 64 377 165.240 -11991.
29 > 1915.26
30 >
31 > That first space in the peers list is a tally mark that, according to
32 > the ntpq documentation at:
33 >
34 > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpq.html
35 >
36 > Means that those peers are all rejected: "The peer is discarded as
37 > unreachable, synchronized to this server (synch loop) or outrageous
38 > synchronization distance."
39 >
40 > Likewise:
41 > # ntpq -c rv | grep stratum
42 > processor="i686", system="Linux/2.6.14-gentoo-r5", leap=11, stratum=16,
43 >
44 > I should be at stratum 3, not 16 (which means I'm not synchronized
45 > to anything).
46 >
47 > My /etc/ntp.conf:
48 >
49 > tinker panic 0
50 > minpoll 4
51 > maxpoll 10
52 > server pool.ntp.org
53 > server 0.pool.ntp.org
54 > server 1.pool.ntp.org
55 > server 2.pool.ntp.org
56 > driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
57 > logfile /var/log/ntp.log
58 > restrict default nomodify nopeer
59 > restrict 127.0.0.1
60 >
61 >
62 > Nothing special there! To further clarify, I actually have this
63 > problem on *two* machines. FWIW, I've also tried the OpenBSD
64 > OpenNTP package, but haven't had any luck with that either (except
65 > on my OpenBSD machine!). Using OpenNTP on these two machines
66 > *seemed* to work fine, but the computers still gained time too
67 > quickly.
68 >
69 > I've been fighting this for what seems like forever. If anyone has
70 > any insight or thoughts, I'm happy to hear it!
71 >
72 > Thanks,
73 > Matt
74 >
75 > --
76 > Matt Garman
77 > email at: http://raw-sewage.net/index.php?file=email
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80 >
81 >