Debian system, without a RTC. So at bootup the time is zero. At startup, 32 seconds into startup, /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate invokes ntpdate-debian, which starts a ntpdate which takes about 14 seconds to finish.
Chronyd starts at about 37 seconds into startup, before the ntpdate is done. There is a clash, and chronyd gets stuck in some state where it never syncs up. Syslog clip: Dec 31 18:00:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: chronyd version 1.27 starting Dec 31 18:00:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Linux kernel major=3 minor=2 patch=35 Dec 31 18:00:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: hz=100 shift_hz=7 freq_scale=1.00000000 nominal_tick=10000 slew_delta_tick=833 max_tick_bias=1000 shift_pll=2 Dec 31 18:00:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Frequency 99963.989 +/- 233363.911 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift Dec 31 18:00:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: NTP packet received from unauthorised host 174.36.71.205 port 123 Dec 31 18:00:40 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Source 72.8.140.222 online Dec 31 18:00:40 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Source 169.229.70.95 online Dec 31 18:00:40 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Source 38.229.71.1 online Dec 31 18:00:40 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Source 96.44.142.5 online Feb 3 21:52:34 PogoPlug ntpdate[1427]: step time server 96.126.126.96 offset 1359949910.330424 sec Feb 3 21:52:35 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Selected source 38.229.71.1 Feb 3 21:52:35 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: System clock wrong by 0.699306 seconds, adjustment started Feb 3 21:52:35 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Required tick -1999 outside allowed range (9000 .. 11000) Feb 3 21:52:37 PogoPlug chronyd[1894]: Can't synchronise: no majority Some queries: PogoPlug>chronyc tracking Reference ID : 127.127.1.1 () Stratum : 10 Ref time (UTC) : Mon Feb 4 04:13:07 2013 System time : 0.000000000 seconds fast of NTP time Last offset : -0.699305534 seconds RMS offset : 0.699305534 seconds Frequency : 100027.977 ppm fast Residual freq : 0.000 ppm Skew : 0.000 ppm Root delay : 0.000000 seconds Root dispersion : 0.000001 seconds Update interval : 0.0 seconds Leap status : Not synchronised PogoPlug>chronyc sourcestats 210 Number of sources = 4 Name/IP Address NP NR Span Frequency Freq Skew Offset Std Dev ============================================================================== ntp2.ResComp.Berkeley.EDU 5 4 43y 1000000 0.023 +1247s 2210ms 96.44.142.5 3 2 43y 1000000 0.381 -295ms 702ms clock.team-cymru.org 4 4 43y 1000000 0.061 +1247s 2324ms irc.indoforum.org 9 5 17m -111174 11.769 -138.8s 2563us PogoPlug>chronyc sources 210 Number of sources = 4 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^x ntp2.ResComp.Berkeley.EDU 3 8 370 20m -346ms[ -346ms] +/- 97ms ^x 96.44.142.5 2 10 0 20m -295ms[ -295ms] +/- 62ms ^x clock.team-cymru.org 2 9 200 20m -273ms[ -273ms] +/- 19ms ^x irc.indoforum.org 2 8 377 212 -115.8s[-115.8s] +/- 90ms -- To unsubscribe email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject. For help email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the subject. Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org.