I don't think you can possibly be seeing an ntpdate bug, since it is only run once, at boot time. Also, I guess it runs sucessfully if called manually.
It may be a bug in the ntp server, though. (But I am just speaking hypothetically). You indicated that renaming one of the /etc/rc*/ files solved your problem, but you also indicated that you haven't seen the problem in 10 days, so I have to wonder if the problem simply didn't occur during the period that the the /etc/rc*/ file was renamed. Have you tested the system, for example by compiling a large application, like the Linux kernel, or gcc? Justin On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:08:12PM +0100, Bluenote wrote: > Justin Pryzby a �crit : > >severity 297797 important > >merge 297797 297799 > >thanks > > > >(Other bugwatchers: The original message #297797 contains the same > >information). > > > > >Your english is quite good. > Oh, thanks ! You are nice. Yours is superb too :-))) > (God bless my dictionary and school memories) > > > >After you run ntpdate, it is no longer running, correct? > Ok, I run ntpdate to check (it's very sad because 10 days without a > crashe... ;-)) > > The version installed by apt-get is : 4.2.0a+stable-2 (another version ?) > During installation, no time servers were asked to me... I don't know > which it calls, /etc/default/ntp-servers doesn't exist. It synchronized > clock with time server. > When the computer boots, after DHCP runs, a line appears with ntpdate > (no longer running, it calls the time server) > > ps aux |grep > >ntpdate shows no instance of that process? > The answer is : root 4760 0.0 0.2 3384 704 pts/4 R+ 12:21 > 0:00 grep ntpdate > > > > >ntpdate only sets your clock once, when the computer boots, and should > >not be "resident" in memory afterwards. Do you have a cronjob which > >is periodically calling ntpdate? > I found a file "ntp-server" in my /etc/cron.daily. I think it came with > "ntp" package I tried after my first crashes. I believe it was not here > before (maybe not, I'm not sure). I remove "ntp" package with --purge > but it doesn't affect this file. > The frequency of my crashes is daily too... > I tried to run this file "ntp-server" myself, it seems to be ok, no > error occurred and no bug. > > >What kind of output (to the terminal, or to the logfiles) does ntpdate > >generate? (Note that the -s option uses syslog rather than > >stdout/stderr). > After the system crashed (and I reboot) ten days ago, I looked in > /var/log/syslog : last lines show many cronjob(s). I don't see anything > aboute ntpdate or ntp in my /var/log/syslog. > I don't know how to use stdout/stderr. > > When I run /usr/sbin/ntpdate : ntpdate -s ntp.via.ecp.fr ntp2.via.ecp.fr > (these are primary and secondary time servers strate 2), I find this > line in syslog : Mar 4 12:48:58 localhost ntpdate[3092]: adjust time > server 138.195.130.71 offset -0.026275 sec. > > I will contact you if I "crashe" again.
