From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 09:52:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D041065671 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:52:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from gateway.nixsys.be (unknown [IPv6:2001:6f8:32f::42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD408FC14 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:52:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from detritus.paeps.cx (detritus.paeps.cx [IPv6:2001:6f8:1408::4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "detritus.paeps.cx", Issuer "NixSys CA" (verified OK)) by gateway.nixsys.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5ADB408E for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:52:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from carrot.paeps.cx (carrot [IPv6:2001:6f8:1408::2]) by detritus.paeps.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7C32070 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:52:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from carrot.paeps.cx (philip@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carrot.paeps.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7O9o8aO013265 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:50:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip@carrot.paeps.cx) Received: (from philip@localhost) by carrot.paeps.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7O9o8m0013264 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:50:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:50:08 +0200 From: Philip Paeps To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080824095008.GA73856@carrot.paeps.cx> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20080823224510.C7F36C3D@mx1.synetsystems.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080823224510.C7F36C3D@mx1.synetsystems.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 356B AE02 4763 F739 2FA2 E438 2649 E628 C5D3 4D05 X-Date: Today is Sweetmorn, the 17th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3174 X-Date-in-France: Octidi 08 Fructidor CCXVI, jour de l'apocyn X-Date-in-Rome: ante diem IX Kalendas Septembres MMDCCLXI ab Urbe Condida X-Phase-of-Moon: The Moon is Waning Crescent (46% of Full) X-Message-Flag: Get a proper mailclient! Organization: Happily Disorganized User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Weirdness with recently updated NTP on -current? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:52:20 -0000 On 2008-08-23 17:13:49 (-0500), Richard Todd wrote: > I just today updated my system to the most recent -current. Upon rebooting, > I noticed that NTP seemed to be seriously confused: > Aug 23 16:29:01 ichotolot ntpd[1694]: time correction of -433225776 seconds exceeds sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time. > > Further experimentation revealed that indeed, the newly updated NTP seems > to be somewhat confused. Behold the following transcript. Note that > "ntpdate" is the -current ntpdate in /usr/sbin, and > /snap/usr:daily.200808230000/sbin/ntpdate is the ntpdate from my previous > -current build as of last July. The old ntpdate gives a sane value for > the time offset between my machine and another one on the local LAN, but > the new ntpdate gives something totally out-of-whack: > > Script started on Sat Aug 23 17:05:42 2008 > ichotolot# ntpdate -q -v -v aagenfelt > 23 Aug 17:06:18 ntpdate[24205]: ntpdate 4.2.4p5-a Sat Aug 23 15:03:37 CDT 2008 (1) > server 10.0.0.8, stratum 3, offset -866449315.927817, delay 0.02515 > 23 Aug 17:06:18 ntpdate[24205]: step time server 10.0.0.8 offset -866449315.927817 sec > ichotolot# /snap/usr:daily.200808230000/sbin/ntpdate -q -v -v aagenfelt > 23 Aug 17:06:33 ntpdate[25545]: ntpdate 4.2.0-a Tue Jul 29 19:06:12 CDT 2008 (1) > server 10.0.0.8, stratum 3, offset 1.102235, delay 0.02666 > 23 Aug 17:06:33 ntpdate[25545]: step time server 10.0.0.8 offset 1.102235 sec > ichotolot# exit > > Script done on Sat Aug 23 17:06:41 2008 > > (Also note that the out-of-whack value from ntpdate doesn't match the > out-of-whack value from ntpd either.) > > Has anyone else seen anything like this? This is on a Core2Duo system > running FreeBSD in i386 mode. Yes - I'm also seeing this on amd64. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip@freebsd.org subscribed to the list. hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 105. When someone asks you for your address, you tell them your URL.