ntpq no longer working -
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon May 22 14:57:30 UTC 2006
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> taharka wrote:
>> How do,
>>
>> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 07:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>>> Tim wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 04:17 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> server
>>>>> clock2.redhat.com
>>>>> server
>>>>> ntp-1.cns.vt.edu
>>>>> server
>>>>> ntp-2.cns.vt.edu
>>>>> server
>>>>> ntp-3.cns.vt.edu
>>>>> server ntp-4.cns.vt.edu
>>>>>
>>>> Cut and paste error? They should all look more like:
>>>>
>>>> server
>>>> clock2.redhat.com
>>>> server
>>>> ntp-1.cns.vt.edu
>>>> server
>>>> ntp-2.cns.vt.edu
>>>> server
>>>> ntp-3.cns.vt.edu
>>>> server ntp-4.cns.vt.edu
>>>>
>>> Yes, that is exactly what it looks like before Mozilla Compose
>>> mutilated them
>>> in producing "plain text."
>>>
>>>> Those domains all resolve, here. But I don't think you're doing
>>>> yourself any favours by referring to a bunch of NTP servers at the same
>>>> location. You want a collection of different servers, else you might
>>>> believe a set of servers to be true, that believe themselves to all be
>>>> true, when they're not (they might all be referencing themselves).
>>>>
>>> Originally I had three different sources within a few hundred miles in
>>> hope of minimizing delays, some went away over time and the two left
>>> always
>>> worked well enough for my purposes. Your suggestion is obviously
>>> valid. But I still can't see what's happening, since ntpq doesn't
>>> work even when I
>>> reduce the list to just the Redhat server.
>>>
>>>> I picked a collection that come from different locations:
>>>>
>>>> server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>>> server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>>> server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>>>
>>>> Plus a couple of more local ones, to me (au.pool.ntp.org and my ISP's)
>>>>
>>> I can do something similar but first need to fix my problem.
>>>
>>
>> Any hints/errors in /var/log/ntp?
>>
> I haven't found any such log, locate *log*ntp* produces nothing I
> recognize as useful?
>
> I did find: /usr/bin/ntpstat
> synchronised to NTP server (198.82.1.203) at stratum 3
> time correct to within 79 ms
> polling server every 512 s
>
> Which seems to indicate ntp is working at least but I don't have the
> convenient data display I am accustomed to.
Why not try using ntpq in interactive mode. Use -i to get to that
state. Then raise the debug level with "debug more" and try "peers".
Ed
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