FC6 ntpd

[Roberto Ragusa]

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.

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   Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it