Re: ntp problems

[Jean-Christian de Rivaz <jc@eclis.ch>]

Gene Heskett a écrit :

>>Hmmm. Indeed the nforce2 has had a number of problems, but I'm not sure
>>why it would have changed recently. Can you bound at all the kernel
>>versions where it worked and where it broke? Additionally, do be sure
>>you have the most recent BIOS, I've seen a number of nforce2 issues be
>>resolved with a BIOS update.
> 
> 
> I've already put more powerdown cycles (60 some) on my hard drives 
> fighting with the recent tv card problem, I'd like to get some uptime 
> in.  All I know for sure is if I build 2.6.15-rc5 with acpi, ntpd 
> doesn't work.  ntpdate does, but ntpd doesn't.  And both dmesg and the 
> ntp.log (and -d's passed at launch time do not make it more verbose, 
> they just keep it from starting) are silent as to the diffs other than 
> the interrupt number shuffling in dmesg when its on.  But I suspect it 
> may have started with 2.6.15-rc2, and I didn't build rc1.  And I *think* 
> it worked as recently as 2.6.14.1 with it turned on.  I've cleaned house 
> in /usr/src's so I don't have anything older.  Sorry.

I have to agree with John Stultz. I am one with a nForce2 chipset where 
updating to the latest BIOS have totaly solved the excatly same ntpd 
problem.

Regards,
-- 
Jean-Christian de Rivaz