I don't think this problem has been fixed yet. I'm running Maverick 10.10 with the updated ntp, but the problem is still occurring:
Jan 8 04:05:01 pgfs ntpd[2608]: synchronized to 91.189.94.4, stratum 2 Jan 8 04:05:01 pgfs ntpd[2608]: kernel time sync status change 2001 Jan 8 04:05:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: bind() fd 22, family AF_INET6, port 123, scope 4, addr fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f, mcast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requested address Jan 8 04:05:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: unable to create socket on bond0 (8) for fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f#123 Jan 8 04:05:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: failed to initialize interface for address fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f Jan 8 04:10:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: bind() fd 22, family AF_INET6, port 123, scope 4, addr fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f, mcast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requested address Jan 8 04:10:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: unable to create socket on bond0 (9) for fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f#123 Jan 8 04:10:42 pgfs ntpd[2608]: failed to initialize interface for address fe80::217:31ff:fef8:f63f FYI, here is the output of md5sum /usr/sbin/ntp*. I think these are the latest packages: 42415ef5eb851dabe9d06a67cf992d28 /usr/sbin/ntpd c1d85ce075c70928b53692561fdc5277 /usr/sbin/ntpdate 79af988228131692520be14d25355a8e /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian d4ae7ee172f7ed340c4e1b406c04d16d /usr/sbin/ntp-keygen b7f7e4e0fb1d4e2aece718b18ae28b46 /usr/sbin/ntptime 7d4b58d1da97ba46ba8eeab08b345a44 /usr/sbin/ntp-wait This is a brand new installation. The sequence of steps to reproduce this are: 1. Install Maverick on a RAID 1 system. Separate / and /home partition. 2. Install Updates 3. Install graphics card hardware driver 4. Download ifenslave. Configure bonding. Set static IP address. 5. Install NTP -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569919 Title: ntpd constantly complains about being unable to create socket -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs