[Bug 25922] ntpd doesn't protect against large clock skewing

[Graeme Humphries]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: Medium
     Assignee: Ben Collins
         Status: Needs Info


Description:
I'm running an Athlon X2 3800+ on an ASUS K8V motherboard, and my clock is
*fast*. Like, it gets over an hour ahead in about 24 hours.

I've set up ntpd and ntpdate to talk to pool.ntp.org to alleviate this, but it
doesn't seem to be helping. If I stop the ntp-server service, do a "ntpdate
pool.ntp.org", and then immediately start the ntp-server service, about an hour
later I'm already 10 minutes ahead again.

I'm not sure what's going on, but ntpd doesn't seem to be doing its job.
;)

I'm using the 2.6.12-9-amd64-k8-smp kernel, if that makes a difference.
Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: Medium
     Assignee: Ben Collins
         Status: Needs Info


Description:
I'm running an Athlon X2 3800+ on an ASUS K8V motherboard, and my clock is
*fast*. Like, it gets over an hour ahead in about 24 hours.

I've set up ntpd and ntpdate to talk to pool.ntp.org to alleviate this, but it
doesn't seem to be helping. If I stop the ntp-server service, do a "ntpdate
pool.ntp.org", and then immediately start the ntp-server service, about an hour
later I'm already 10 minutes ahead again.

I'm not sure what's going on, but ntpd doesn't seem to be doing its job.
;)

I'm using the 2.6.12-9-amd64-k8-smp kernel, if that makes a difference.
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ntpd doesn't protect against large clock skewing
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/25922