Re: ntp: .XFAC. refid

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

On 02/26/2011 05:10 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> On 26/02/11 23:49, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 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?
>
> in syslog, at boot time:
>
>
> > Feb 26 21:29:10 rezozer ntpd[2515]: Listen and drop on 0
> > v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
> Feb 26 21:29:10 rezozer ntpd[2515]: Listen normally on 1 lo
> 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
> Feb 26 21:29:10 rezozer ntpd[2515]: getaddrinfo: "time.xxxxx.de"
> invalid host address, ignored
[snip]

If this is a laptop, maybe the wireless connection isn't coming up 
quickly enough?

If wired-but-dhcp, maybe the dhcp server isn't responding quickly 
enough?

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