[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#465752: Bug#465752: ntp: Default distribution does not form peer relationships

[Moshe Yudkowsky]

Kurt Roeckx wrote:

> It's seeing peers that are off between 24 and 36 seconds.  It can't seem
> to find 2 peers that agree on the time, and they're off in the order
> of seconds.
> 
>>From what I get this is after about 20 minutes.  That would mean you have
> a drift of about 30000 ppm.  ntpd will not be able to deal with such
> big drifts.
> 
> This is ussually a kernel problem.  I suggest you try a different
> version of the kernel.

Kurt,

Thanks for the information. Three questions:

* Do you recommend any particular kernel in the unstable, or should I 
just try an older version and hope for the best?

* I assume I should pare down the list of servers. FYI four of these are 
from the default distribution Debian pool, so there's a problem upstream.

* Should I send a bug report to the kernel, and if so, where?

Well, three questions. Thanks for the help.

(And I also want you to know that my .sig changes randomly every 5 
minutes... just lucky, I guess.)

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