On Dec 5, 2007 9:33 PM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ahhh....but the symptoms, or at least the messages, have changed..... > > I see the line..... > > > /var/log/messages:Dec 5 16:12:07 localhost ntpd[1952]: Cannot find > > existing interface for address 193.136.134.3 > > This seems to indicate that, at least at this point, there is no route to > 193.136.134.3. This supports the theory that the issue is a networking > issue at this point in the boot process. > > There are 2 things to try to help narrow things down.... > > 1. Disable the vmware service from running. You can use chkconfig to do that. > > 2. Change the order of when ntpd starts. I believe that it will be listed > as S58ntpd in /etc/rc5.d. It is too early in the AM here....so I'm not sure > if it can be done via a GUI....but you can always move it to S98ntpd in > /etc/rc5.d. Now the result to 2: /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpdate[2121]: can't find host pool.ntp.org /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpdate[2121]: no servers can be used, exiting /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2127]: ntpd 4.2.4p2@xxxxxxxx Mon Sep 24 14:40:07 UTC 2007 (1) /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: precision = 1.000 usec /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: Listening on interface #3 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: kernel time sync status 0040 /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: frequency initialized 66.155 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:52:45 localhost ntpd[2128]: getaddrinfo: "pool.ntp.org" invalid host address, ignored /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:53:47 localhost ntpd[2128]: Cannot find existing interface for address 193.126.17.5 /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:53:47 localhost ntpd_initres[2132]: ntpd indicates no data available! /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:54:47 localhost ntpd[2128]: Cannot find existing interface for address 193.126.17.5 /var/log/messages:Dec 5 21:54:47 localhost ntpd_initres[2132]: ntpd indicates no data available! # Paul
