Neil Cherry wrote:
antonio montagnani wrote:
Feb 9 22:03:37 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: frequency initialized -34.442 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift Feb 9 22:03:38 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: getaddrinfo: "0.pool.ntp.org" invalid host address, ignored Feb 9 22:03:38 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: getaddrinfo: "1.pool.ntp.org" invalid host address, ignored Feb 9 22:03:38 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: getaddrinfo: "2.pool.ntp.org" invalid host address, ignored Feb 9 22:03:38 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: getaddrinfo: "clock1.redhat.com" invalid host address, ignored Feb 9 22:03:39 Maxdata ntpd[2455]: Deleting interface #4 eth0, 192.168.0.5#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1 secs
at start-up I get these message: what is the meaning??? The computer is a laptop....
any hint?
Yes, your not resolving (DNS) the hostnames: 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org clock1.redhat.com
I can only guess that at the time this is run that your network may not be up and running.
Try adding the "dynamic" parameter to the definitions of the ntp servers in your /etc/ntp.conf. For example:
server 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org dynamic server 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org dynamic server 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org dynamic
In this way the servers will be searched again when the network goes up. The output of "ntpq -p" will tell you if the connections are working (wait a minute or two before checking).
Best regards.