[gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

[gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

[John Blinka]

Hi,

I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on. 
Every time I boot it,
it complains "ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be
started".

The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom
pcmcia card, and this
works well except for ntp-client.  The claim that "net.eth0 could not be
started" puzzles
me since, after the machine boots, ifconfig gives

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:A4:FE:EC:4C 
          inet addr:192.168.1.105  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:70632 (68.9 Kb)  TX bytes:8288 (8.0 Kb)
          Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3207 (3.1 Kb)  TX bytes:3207 (3.1 Kb)

Thinking that the error message means that ntp-client is being started
before eth0 is completely
configured, I have followed the advice in
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NTP and modified my
depend() in /etc/init.d/ntp-client to

depend() {
        before cron portmap
        need net
        after net.eth0
        use dns logger
}

but this has had no effect.

I would appreciate any thoughts on what the error message means, and how
to get ntp-client
working.

Thanks,

John Blinka
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Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

[Roger Mason]

John Blinka <jblinka@neo.rr.com> writes:

> The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom
> pcmcia card, and this
> works well except for ntp-client.  The claim that "net.eth0 could not be
> started" puzzles
> me since, after the machine boots, ifconfig gives
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:A4:FE:EC:4C 
>           inet addr:192.168.1.105  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

I may be leading you astray, but that IP address looks like one for a private net.  Is ntp-client
looking on that private net for a time-server?

Roger Mason

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Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

[John Blinka]

Roger Mason wrote:
>
> I may be leading you astray, but that IP address looks like one for a private net.  Is ntp-client
> looking on that private net for a time-server?
>   
It is a private net, but ntp-client is looking at pool.ntp.org for the
time server.

John
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[gentoo-user] Re: ntp-client doesn't start

[reader]

John Blinka <jblinka@neo.rr.com> writes:

> I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on. 
> Every time I boot it,
> it complains "ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be
> started".

One way that will probably work is to start ntp-client from
/etc/conf.d/local-start

local-start is the very last thing called during a bootup so if timing
is the problem this would be a way to skirt around it.

Just put whatever commands start ntp-client in /etc/conf.d/local-start
and see if it works.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ntp-client doesn't start

[John Blinka]

reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> One way that will probably work is to start ntp-client from
> /etc/conf.d/local-start
>
> local-start is the very last thing called during a bootup so if timing
> is the problem this would be a way to skirt around it.
>
> Just put whatever commands start ntp-client in /etc/conf.d/local-start
> and see if it works.
>
>   
Same idea occurred to me.  It does work.

John
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ntp-client doesn't start

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Monday 06 November 2006 19:52, reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> John Blinka <jblinka@neo.rr.com> writes:
> > I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on.
> > Every time I boot it,
> > it complains "ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be
> > started".
>
> One way that will probably work is to start ntp-client from
> /etc/conf.d/local-start
>
> local-start is the very last thing called during a bootup so if timing
> is the problem this would be a way to skirt around it.
>
> Just put whatever commands start ntp-client in /etc/conf.d/local-start
> and see if it works.

Actually I have this in /etc/conf.d/net:

postup() {
    [...]

    /etc/init.d/ntp-client start >> /var/log/net.log
    return 0
}

postdown() {
    [...]

    /etc/init.d/ntp-client stop >> /var/log/net.log
    return 0
}

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