On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 06:15:02AM -0800, John Doe wrote: > From: fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> > > > since updating to 5.9 a little while ago I find a load of these in > > /var/log/messages, which I've not seen before: > > Jan 17 22:17:18 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(216.230.228.211) (fd=22): Invalid > > argument > > ... > > Is ntp busted in 5.9? > > Dunno, but I upgraded to 5.9, rebooted and I do not have (yet) such errors... > Do you also have the regular messages too when ntpd starts? Here's what I see from rebooting last night after doing the updates. The first one appears to be during the shutdown, and the rest from the reboot: messages:Jan 17 21:01:29 fcshome ntpd[5231]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4679]: ntpd 4.2.2p1 at 1.1570-o Fri Nov 18 13:21:16 UTC 2011 (1) messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: precision = 2.000 usec messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface wildcard, ::#123 Disabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface lo, ::1#123 Enabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface eth0, fe80::21f:d0ff:fed9:53a2#123 Enabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface eth0, 192.168.2.12#123 Enabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: Listening on interface eth0:1, 192.168.1.2#123 Enabled messages:Jan 17 21:03:34 fcshome ntpd[4680]: kernel time sync status 0040 messages:Jan 17 21:03:35 fcshome ntpd[4680]: frequency initialized -99.461 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift messages:Jan 17 21:21:47 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(216.230.228.211) (fd=22): Invalid argument messages:Jan 17 21:21:49 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(199.4.29.166) (fd=22): Invalid argument messages:Jan 17 21:21:55 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(129.70.132.37) (fd=22): Invalid argument messages:Jan 17 21:22:52 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(199.4.29.166) (fd=22): Invalid argument messages:Jan 17 21:22:53 fcshome ntpd[4680]: sendto(216.230.228.211) (fd=22): Invalid argument And there are a bazillion more of those errors continuing up to more or less the moment I write this. > Did you edit /etc/sysconfig/ntpd? No. should I have? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------