On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, peter@tech-no-logical.net wrote:
> hi,

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>

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 01:49:16PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:

>

> > It looks like your clock drifts more that ntpd can compensate. Please

> > share some details on your setup, like the dmesg.  Also, if you remove

> > the drift file, you must reboot, since otherwise the existing

> > frequency compensations stays in effect.

>

> ok, i cleared the drift-file and rebooted. as near as i can

> figure (i had to boot multiple times, and unclean at that) this

> is what happend slightly bfore/during/after the last boot (the times

> are so screwed i can't really make it out).

Yep, this configrms it. Your clock is drifting so much that ntpd can't

keep up. I'm afraid there's not a lot I can do about that.
	-Otto
>

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> Mar 28 20:12:46  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 950.304366s

> Mar 28 20:17:11  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 954.223055s

> Mar 28 22:53:00  ntpd[18691]: ntp engine ready

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[14539]: set local clock to Wed Mar 28 20:49:13 CEST 2007 (offset -7427.749161s)

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 213.246.63.72: negative delay -7427.686509s, next query 3068s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 62.220.226.2: negative delay -7427.684053s, next query 3199s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 149.156.70.5: negative delay -7427.676747s, next query 3149s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 193.11.184.180: negative delay -7427.676303s, next query 3136s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 194.215.7.39: not synced, next query 3052s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  ntpd[18691]: reply from 128.241.238.31: negative delay -7427.633371s, next query 3083s

> Mar 28 20:49:13  savecore: no core dump

> Mar 28 20:58:54  ntpd[3522]: peer 80.240.210.253 now valid

> [peers snipped]

> Mar 28 20:59:57  ntpd[31863]: adjusting local clock by 2.284285s

> Mar 28 21:02:37  ntpd[18773]: ntp engine ready

> Mar 28 21:02:37  ntpd[18773]: reply from 194.215.7.39: not synced, next query 3110s

> Mar 28 21:02:37  savecore: no core dump

> Mar 28 21:02:52  ntpd[18773]: peer 217.150.242.8 now valid

> Mar 28 21:02:59  ntpd[18773]: peer 213.246.63.72 now valid

> Mar 28 21:02:59  ntpd[18773]: peer 193.11.184.180 now valid

> Mar 28 21:02:59  ntpd[18773]: peer 128.241.238.31 now valid

> Mar 28 21:03:00  ntpd[18773]: peer 149.156.70.5 now valid

> Mar 28 21:03:03  ntpd[18773]: peer 62.220.226.2 now valid

> Mar 28 21:03:57  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 6.573991s

> Mar 28 21:06:04  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 3.905197s

> Mar 28 21:08:37  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 8.475628s

> Mar 28 21:08:37  ntpd[18773]: clock is now synced

> Mar 28 21:10:49  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 8.951453s

> Mar 28 21:10:49  ntpd[18773]: clock is now unsynced

> Mar 28 21:15:06  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 12.813542s

> Mar 28 21:15:06  ntpd[18773]: clock is now synced

> Mar 28 21:19:15  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 15.447946s

> Mar 28 21:19:15  ntpd[18773]: clock is now unsynced

> Mar 28 21:23:05  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 15.624800s

> Mar 28 21:23:10  ntpd[18773]: peer 213.246.63.72 now invalid

> Mar 28 21:25:45  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 16.648412s

> Mar 28 21:27:49  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 20.718507s

> Mar 28 21:31:04  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 16.498430s

> Mar 28 21:33:13  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 20.223130s

> Mar 28 21:35:57  ntpd[2354]: adjusting local clock by 20.095667s

>

> as i write this, the local clock is already 29 seconds behind

> what 'rdate -p pool.ntp.org' reports.

>

> dmesg :

>

> OpenBSD 4.0 (GENERIC) #1107: Sat Sep 16 19:15:58 MDT 2006

>     deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC

> cpu0: VIA Esther processor 1500MHz ("CentaurHauls" 686-class) 1.51 GHz

> cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,SBF,SSE3

> cpu0: RNG AES AES-CTR SHA1 SHA256 RSA

> real mem  = 468152320 (457180K)

> avail mem = 418967552 (409148K)

> using 4256 buffers containing 23511040 bytes (22960K) of memory

> mainbus0 (root)

> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(d9) BIOS, date 09/15/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfa960, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0000 (33 entries)

> apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2

> apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown

> apm0: flags 70102 dobusy 1 doidle 1

> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xcce4

> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfcc20/192 (10 entries)

> pcibios0: bad IRQ table checksum

> pcibios0: PCI BIOS has 10 Interrupt Routing table entries

> pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11 15

> pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:17:0 ("VIA VT8237 ISA" rev 0x00)

> pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus

> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xfc00 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000 0xd2000/0x5000!

> cpu0 at mainbus0

> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)

> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA CN700 Host" rev 0x00

> pchb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 "VIA CN700 Host" rev 0x00

> pchb2 at pci0 dev 0 function 2 "VIA CN700 Host" rev 0x00

> pchb3 at pci0 dev 0 function 3 "VIA PT890 Host" rev 0x00

> pchb4 at pci0 dev 0 function 4 "VIA CN700 Host" rev 0x00

> pchb5 at pci0 dev 0 function 7 "VIA CN700 Host" rev 0x00

> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT8377 AGP" rev 0x00

> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1

> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "VIA S3 Unichrome PRO IGP" rev 0x01: aperture at 0xf4000000, size 0x10000000

> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)

> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)

> re0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Realtek 8169SC" rev 0x10: irq 10, address 00:30:18:b0:26:ef

> rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2

> re1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Realtek 8169SC" rev 0x10: irq 11, address 00:30:18:b0:26:f0

> rgephy1 at re1 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2

> pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VIA VT6420 SATA" rev 0x80: DMA

> pciide0: using irq 15 for native-PCI interrupt

> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0:

> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 305245MB, 625142448 sectors

> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5

> wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0:

> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 305245MB, 625142448 sectors

> wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5

> viapm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VIA VT8237 ISA" rev 0x00

> iic0 at viapm0

> "unknown" at iic0 addr 0x18 not configured

> auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5 "VIA VT8233 AC97" rev 0x60: irq 10

> ac97: codec id 0x414c4760 (Avance Logic ALC655 rev 0)

> audio0 at auvia0

> isa0 at mainbus0

> isadma0 at isa0

> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5

> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)

> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot

> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0

> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61

> midi0 at pcppi0:

> spkr0 at pcppi0

> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16

> biomask f3fd netmask fffd ttymask ffff

> pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled

> dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80

> dkcsum: wd1 matches BIOS drive 0x81

> root on wd0a

> rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302

>

> --

> CUL8R, Peter.