Re: ntp: .XFAC. refid

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/26/2011 04:04 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am configuring ntp on a little server Squeeze box:
>
> After each boot, I need to restart manually ntp ( /etc/init,d/ntp restart)
> to make is work properly. Otherwise is stuck, namely `ntpq -p' gives:
>
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
> ==============================================================================
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>  time.xxxxxxx.xx .XFAC.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
>
>
> How can I avoid the manual restart ?

Any clues in syslog or /var/log/boot?

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