ntpd core dump

[Richard Danter]

Hi all,

I have 5.3-RELEASE installed. I'm trying to run ntpd but I get a message
in /var/log/messages that it exited on signal 11 (core dumped).

Is there a known problem with this version or is there somethig wrong
with my config file (below)? This file is based on one I use on a Linux
host with no problems.

Thanks
Rich

--

server ntp.maths.tcd.ie
server bear.zoo.bt.co.uk
server ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk

server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10

broadcastdelay 0.008
restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap

[Lowell Gilbert]

Richard Danter <richard.danter@ntlworld.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I have 5.3-RELEASE installed. I'm trying to run ntpd but I get a
> message in /var/log/messages that it exited on signal 11 (core dumped).
>
> Is there a known problem with this version or is there somethig wrong
> with my config file (below)? This file is based on one I use on a
> Linux host with no problems.
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
> --
>
> server ntp.maths.tcd.ie
> server bear.zoo.bt.co.uk
> server ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk
>
> server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
> fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
>
> broadcastdelay 0.008
> restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap

Hard to say. Try subsets of that config file in order to isolate a
portion of the file that produces the problem.

[Richard Danter]

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Richard Danter <richard.danter@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
>

>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have 5.3-RELEASE installed. I'm trying to run ntpd but I get a
>>message in /var/log/messages that it exited on signal 11 (core dumped).
>>
>>Is there a known problem with this version or is there somethig wrong
>>with my config file (below)? This file is based on one I use on a
>>Linux host with no problems.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Rich
>>
>>--
>>
>>server ntp.maths.tcd.ie
>>server bear.zoo.bt.co.uk
>>server ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk
>>
>>server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
>>fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
>>
>>broadcastdelay 0.008
>>restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap

>
>
>
> Hard to say. Try subsets of that config file in order to isolate a
> portion of the file that produces the problem.

Thanks Lowell, I tried commenting out everything and then adding in 1
line at a time. Turns out it is a problem with the very first server in
the list. If I remove it then ntpd starts perfectly.

This is rather odd as I still have a Linux box using the original file
with no problems. It is also add that the result is a core dump rather
than a nice error message in the syslog. But such is life.

Thanks again,
Rich

[Lowell Gilbert]

Richard Danter <richard.danter@ntlworld.com> writes:

> Thanks Lowell, I tried commenting out everything and then adding in 1
> line at a time. Turns out it is a problem with the very first server
> in the list. If I remove it then ntpd starts perfectly.
>
> This is rather odd as I still have a Linux box using the original file
> with no problems. It is also add that the result is a core dump rather
> than a nice error message in the syslog. But such is life.

A newer version of ntpd has been imported since 5.2.1.
Given that it was a "technology preview" release,
maybe it's time to update the system.

--
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
[url]http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/[/url]