On 11 September 2012 00:08, Gerald Turner <gtur...@unzane.com> wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:31:16 +0200, Mauro wrote: >> >>> Hello I've two server with debian squeeze and in cluster with >>> heartbeat+pacemaker. >>> They run ntpd for time synchronize. >>> I've noticed some ntpd crashes in random days and random hour. >> >> Does restarting the service works? >> >>> Logs don't say why. >>> Can you suggest what can I do to know the reasons for the crash. Thank >>> you. >> >> Mmmm... there's a bug report¹ to request ntpd debugging flag is turned >> on (which I think is a must) but in the meantime I guess you will have >> to recompile the package from Debian sources and toggle this parameter >> on if you want to get an insightful trace. >> >> ¹http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=643954 > > I too get random crashes with ntpd in squeeze (1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b1) on > a Xen dom0 host. Frequency is about every two months. It prompted me > to install monit² which has nice support for probing NTP protocol and > restarting the service automatically - not a perfect solution since the > clock jumps forward an hour during the breakage, upsetting lots of > software (dovecot and RRD graphs mostly).
Exactly. I too have Xen dom0 hosts where ntp crashes. I think the best solution is uninstall ntp and use ntpdate with cron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAE17a0WZG7K1hKWEWdOPyVwXXZmPt18j=6v1wr8w5tqjthp...@mail.gmail.com