ntpdate wont work

bubuk · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:58 am Post subject: ntpdate wont work

Hello omniscient!

I cant do a ntpdate anymore and i dont find the switch to cure this problem...
So, if anyone knows - i do not.

And it goes like this:

klausdieter root # ntpdate ntp1.ptb.de
Looking for host ntp1.ptb.de and service ntp
host found : ntp1.ptb.de
3 Apr 13:31:34 ntpdate[2379]: setsockopt() IPV6_V6ONLY failed: Protocol not available

Thanks for your help!

creche · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:20 am Post subject:

try specifing ipv4 address.

bubuk · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

doesn't work either, but thanks

Paul9196 · n00b Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Knoxville, TN

I'm getting the same problem now on one of my boxes. Anyone know why it is doing this?

Thanks,

Paul

solszew · n00b Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 43

What do the logs say? /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog might give you more info.

Paul9196 · n00b Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Knoxville, TN

/var/log/everything/current shows the same thing.

woinnie · n00b Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 38

i got the same error, and can't find the switch to tell ntpdate not to use IPV6...

if one of you get the solution... thanks !

bubuk · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:11 pm Post subject:

i fixed it by installing a new kernel (2.6 ), but i dont know what the problem was...

lduperval · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 189

I'm getting the same problem. I checked the logs and the last time it worked was on April 15. On that same day, I did an emerge world and it installed ntp-4.2.0. Since then, my system hasn't worked.

When I did my update, I also upgraded portage. On a whim, I decided to add -ipv6 to my USE flags. I'm currently emerging ntp... It's done, I'm trying it and...
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It doesn't work.

I'm about to log it as a bug. Unless someone has an idea what the problem is.

Deebster · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 126

After you installed a new version of ntp, it probably pointed you at https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41827

In a nutshell, remove 'notrust' from the4 restrict settings in /etc/ntp.conf

devnullsp · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 23

I emerge /usr/portage/net-misc/ntp/ntp-4.1.2.ebuild

And ntpdate run well.

but ntp-client fail, but i dont look for that.

ntp-client start, say:

lduperval · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 189

Carlo · Developer Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 3356

@bubuk: ntp1.ptb.de is a stratum 1 server. If you're not the admin of a fairly big organisation, using a stratum 1 is misuse. Please have a look at
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html
for a stratum 2 server. If you don't need ultraprecision, you won't notice any difference.

Carlo
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bubuk · Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:47 am Post subject:

Uh, Ah...

Didn't know that. Now i've changed it to a stratum 1 server.

Thanks and a nice Weekend to all....

MasterC · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject:

Just wanted to chime in and say I've got the same problem. My ntp.conf is about as simple as everyone else's:
server 192.168.1.24
logfile /var/log/ntpd.log
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

Yet I get the same error when using ntpdate:

unnerve · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:39 am Post subject:

i've had similiar problems (setsocketopt() IPV6..) with ntpdate/ntp on one of my computers, but fortuneately i have another where it is working.

computer #1 works, acts as ntp server for the home LAN. it has
net-misc/ntp-4.2.0-r2
sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.25-r2

computer #2 ntp seems completely broken, my personal desktop.
net-misc/ntp-4.2.0-r2
sys-kernel/gaming-sources-2.4.20-r10

but when i boot #2 using an old 2.4.22-gentoo-r7 kernel i have lying around
ntp works as expected.

i've tried unmerging/remerging ntp, but no dice on the gaming kernel.

i found this bug report and it mentions to have ipv6 enabled in the kernel and/or use a -4 option on ntpdate. as far as i can tell i have ipv6 support in all kernels that i've tried and using a -4 option does not make a difference. so i'm still stuck, i don't want to drop the gaming-kernel but i want to be able to sync my time automatically.

i would give the chrony package a try, but:

a) my brain is still fried from trying to fix this and doing a complicated sendmail/ssmtp/vixie-con setup to suit my needs and fixing old uid's migrated from a legacy redhat to have gentoo style uid's (>1000 instead of >500).
b) i'm already familiar and confident with setting up ntp.
c) i'm quitting for the day to go watch Inuyasha.
d) i'm gonna read the source for ntp related to setsocketopt() and exmaine the ebuild tommorrow.

i hope this information might help lead to a solution, perhaps it's a kernel bug??

kezzla · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 6:17 am Post subject: Paul9196

Love the Avatar Paul9196 ! hhahahah

My ntpd is working fine. 3 winxp clients pointed at my linux server.
Currently using >> kernel 2.6.6-rc3-love4
Was using 2.6.6-rc3, rc2, rc1 all the way down to 2.6.1...never had a problem.

Also Using:
net-misc/ntp-4.2.0-r2

lduperval · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 189

Ah. I'm still on a 2.4.x kernel.

infinyt9 · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 26

*After an hour...*

well, I dont know if this is supposed to be fix, but it doesnt really matter, I decided to go with 4.1.2... I mean, **** this, I wont waste time, I just want decent time!!!!

Maybe 4.2 should be masked? I dunno, just a thought from a long time gentoo user...

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*2 minutes later*

See see!!! It works!! damness, wasted sooooo much time
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fmouse · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 101

i'm surprised that no one has apparently posted this as a bug. I did.

See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51721

Carlo · Developer Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 3356

Just a note from the documentation:

paranerd · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 129

Enderson · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject:

Didn't work here! Just downgrading to 4.1.2.
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