Andrew Reid wrote: > Check if there is also an /etc/init.d/ntpd. If your box used > to have ntp, and that package was removed but not purged, the init > files will still be in place. /etc/init.d/ntpd will find > the openntp executable and try to run it, but with wierd/wrong > options.
Thanks for the clue. I see: 20080615-135040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # l /etc/init.d/*ntp* /etc/init.d/ntp* /etc/init.d/openntpd* /etc/init.d/openntpd-orig* I guess I had already installed ntp, but forgot about it because the clock was wrong. Attempt to uninstall openntpd: 20080615-135215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # apt-get remove openntpd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: openntpd 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 102kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 17871 files and directories currently installed.) Removing openntpd ... Stopping openntpd: start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 2000: No such process ntpd. Reboot. I don't see the ntpd error message on the console. Looking for an ntp process: 20080615-140103 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # ps -A | grep ntp 2214 ? 00:00:00 ntpdate Checking the clock: # ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org 15 Jun 14:03:56 ntpdate[2225]: step time server 138.23.180.126 offset 31.830406 sec I don't know if NTP is running. It doesn't seem to be working. Any suggestions? TIA, David p.s. dmesg doesn't seem to contain all the messages I see on the console (including ntp). Does anybody know if/how I can get everything that is displayed on the console when I boot? 20080615-135434 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # dmesg Linux version 2.6.18-4-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12 UTC 2007 ... device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eth0: link up ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] NET: Registered protocol family 10 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth0: link up -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
