Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:05:52 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Guido Demmenie <rottweilertje@rottnic.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd crashes every once in a while Message-ID: <B791DD61-3371-4B40-AE2D-4A81C3B8B4EB@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <B17CE526-6021-45E8-9B86-80F8C48F1CDC@rottnic.nl> References: <B17CE526-6021-45E8-9B86-80F8C48F1CDC@rottnic.nl>
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On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Guido Demmenie wrote: > ntpd crashes every once in a while, sometimes with days in between > sometimes within a few hours. > > And the error I see in my /var/log/messages is: > Jan 12 14:21:34 rottnic kernel: pid 516 (ntpd), uid 0: exited on > signal 11 (core dumped) > > My server is in the pool of pool.ntp.org and there is mentioned > that I might have to raise my ulimit, but as shown below it is > already unlimited as far as I can see. I've been running ntpd as part of the pool for years on FreeBSD 4.11 & 5.5; ntpd will stay running for at least months at a time if your hardware is OK. Seeing segfaults suggests a RAM problem; try running a memory tester like Memtest86. -- -Chuck
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