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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: adjtimex() problem on alpha
- From: root <root@lxtank99.cern.ch>
- Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:18:31 +0200
- Message-id: <20061003141831.3726.86689.reportbug@lxtank99.cern.ch>
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp
Version: 2.6.18-2
Severity: normal
hi,
synopsis: packages like adjtimex, ntpd, chrony and company (all of which
would use the adjtimex() system call) do not work.
# ntptime
ntp_gettime() returns code 5 (ERROR)
time c8ccec87.0f8b4000 Tue, Oct 3 2006 16:04:55.060, (.060719),
maximum error 16384000 us, estimated error 16 us
ntp_adjtime() returns code 5 (ERROR)
modes 0x0 (),
offset 0.000 us, frequency 0.000 ppm, interval 1 s,
maximum error 16384000 us, estimated error 16 us,
status 0x40 (UNSYNC),
time constant 0, precision 1.000 us, tolerance 512 ppm,
and indeed strace reveals that:
adjtimex({modes=0, offset=0, freq=0, maxerror=452112, esterror=16, status=64, constant=0, precision=1, tolerance=33554432, time={1159804982, 258090}}) = 5
which, according to my kernel-source-reading, means "clock is not synchronized"
(to what?).
Other architectures I have access to (i386, amd64) work fine.
Could you please help me sort this out?
The machine is etch, with the latest kernel pulled from sid. However, the
problem also exists in the etch kernel (2.6.17-2).
thanks,
Andras
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: alpha
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-alpha-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.80 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-alpha-smp: true
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