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

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> hi,
> 
> 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: <ST3320620AS>
> 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: <ST3320620AS>
> 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: <PC speaker>
> 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.