[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#393509: ntp: does not adjust time

[Christoph Martin]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.2+dfsg.2-3
Severity: normal


I updated one some of my systems ntp from sarge to current testing.
On one of the systems ntpd is not adjusting the time after the inititial
sync. 

ntpq shows an every increasing time difference:

ntpq -n -c peers
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
     jitter
     ==============================================================================
      134.93.226.19   134.93.227.254   3 u   18   64  377    0.524
      -14813. 1689.13
       134.93.227.254  131.188.3.220    2 u   39   64  377    0.443
       -15216. 2153.18
        134.93.226.2    134.93.225.254   5 u   34   64  377    0.430
	-15255. 2167.75

After some days it is over an hour and I have to restart ntpd to get a
sync once again. Only after every restart I get a sync.	

ntpdc sysinfo shows

system peer:          0.0.0.0
system peer mode:     unspec
leap indicator:       11
stratum:              16
precision:            -15
root distance:        0.00000 s
root dispersion:      0.03419 s
reference ID:         [83.84.69.80]
reference time:       00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036  7:28:16.000
system flags:         auth monitor ntp kernel stats 
jitter:               0.044632 s
stability:            0.000 ppm
broadcastdelay:       0.003998 s
authdelay:            0.000000 s

On the two other systems the synchronisation is working. But I can't
find any difference.

Christoph

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (99, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.63        Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                      1:1.10-14   support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libreadline5                 5.1-7       GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                  0.9.8c-3    SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                     3.1-15      Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  netbase                      4.21        Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  perl-modules                 5.8.8-6.1   Core Perl modules
ii  psmisc                       21.5-1      Utilities that use the proc filesy

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