[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#553152: Cobalt cube (mipsel) hang when i run ntp

[Guy Roussin]

Subject: Cobalt cube hang when i run ntp
Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8lenny2
Severity: normal

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Hi,

If i run ntp (/etc/init.d/ntp start) without changing anything in the
default configuration/installation, the whole system hang after
around 10 minutes ... (need to poweroff)

I don't see anything in the syslog  :

Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5416]: ntpd 4.2.4p4 at 1.1520-o Mon May 11 
21:06:38 UTC 2009 (1)
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: precision = 2.000 usec
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 
0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, 
::#123 Disabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 
Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #3 eth1, 
fe80::210:e0ff:fe00:645f#123 Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #4 eth0, 
fe80::210:e0ff:fe00:6331#123 Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #5 lo, 
127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #6 eth0, 
192.168.1.37#123 Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: Listening on interface #7 eth1, 
192.168.2.1#123 Enabled
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: kernel time sync status 0040
Oct 28 22:34:11 cobalt ntpd[5417]: frequency initialized 3.592 PPM from 
/var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
Oct 28 22:34:25 cobalt ntpd[5417]: synchronized to 91.121.120.27, stratum 2
Oct 28 22:34:48 cobalt ntpd[5417]: time reset +23.096813 s
Oct 28 22:34:48 cobalt ntpd[5417]: kernel time sync status change 4001
Oct 28 22:35:24 cobalt /USR/SBIN/CRON[5436]: (root) CMD ([ -x 
/usr/lib/sysstat/sa1 ] && { [ -r "$DEFAULT" ] && . "$DEFAULT" ; [ 
"$ENABLED" = "true" ] && exec /usr/lib/sysstat/sa1 $SA1_OPTIONS 1 1 ; })
Oct 28 22:41:26 cobalt ntpd[5417]: synchronized to 91.121.104.170, stratum 2
Oct 28 22:41:26 cobalt ntpd[5417]: kernel time sync status change 0001

Thank you,

Guy

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: mipsel (mips)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-r5k-cobalt
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.110            add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                   2.7-18           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                 1:1.10-14+b1     support for getting/setting 
POSIX.
ii  libedit2                2.11~20080614-1  BSD editline and history 
libraries
ii  libncurses5             5.7+20081213-1   shared libraries for 
terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8g-15+lenny5 SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                3.2-20           Linux Standard Base 3.2 
init scrip
ii  netbase                 4.34             Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl                     5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical 
Extraction

Versions of packages ntp suggests:
pn  ntp-doc                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information