I had an error in my /etc/pf.conf, that stopped the dns requests from working Which in turn stopped ntpd from resolving the server names in /etc/ntpd.conf which in turn caused ntdp to hang the system.
The fix for the problem was to correct my /etc/pf.conf file. My objection was that I had to do a hardware reset in order to boot in single user mode to fix the problem. Most other things you screw don't require a hardware reset. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Higgs Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:02 PM To: Peter Fraser Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd can hang on boot On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Peter Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The time out for ntpd is definitely more that 10 minutes. I didn't wait any > longer. > > > The text of the startup pf.conf in /etc/rc is > > > RULES="block all" > RULES="$RULES\npass on lo0" > RULES="$RULES\npass in proto tcp from any to any port 22 keep state" > RULES="$RULES\npass out proto { tcp, udp } from any to any port 53 > keep state" > RULES="$RULES\npass out inet proto icmp all icmp-type echoreq keep > state" > if ifconfig lo0 inet6 >/dev/null 2>&1; then > RULES="$RULES\npass out inet6 proto icmp6 all icmp6-type > neighbrsol" > RULES="$RULES\npass in inet6 proto icmp6 all icmp6-type > neighbradv" > RULES="$RULES\npass out inet6 proto icmp6 all icmp6-type > routersol" > RULES="$RULES\npass in inet6 proto icmp6 all icmp6-type > routeradv" > fi > RULES="$RULES\npass proto carp" > case `sysctl vfs.mounts.nfs 2>/dev/null` in > *[1-9]*) > # don't kill NFS > RULES="scrub in all no-df\n$RULES" > RULES="$RULES\npass in proto { tcp, udp } from any port { 111, > 2049 } to any" > RULES="$RULES\npass out proto { tcp, udp } from any to any > port { 111, 2049 }" > ;; > esac > echo $RULES | pfctl -f - > pfctl -e > > Ok, I admit I had > pf=Yes > in my /etc/rc.conf.local > > The rest of your comment are based on the believe that /etc/rc does not have > A startup pf.conf. Did you read the rest of /etc/rc? Your local pf.conf is still loaded before ntpd is kicked off. --david
