On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 11:40:15AM +0000, pin wrote: > Hi, > > NetBSD 10.98.14 amd64 since a month or so ago, I'm getting the following on > every boot: > > [...] > Setting date via ntp. > Exiting, name server cannot be used: Temporary failure in name resolution > (2)16 Jun 21:23:49 ntpdate[1082]: name server cannot be used: Temporary > failure in name resolution (2) > /etc/rc.d/ntpdate exited with code 1 > [...] > > ntp is running by the time I get to X
ntpdate runs too early while your DNS server is not yet reachable or (if you use DHCP) your /etc/resolv.conf has not been filled. A very simple workaround is to set ntpdate=NO and instead add ntpd_flags="-g" which tells ntpd to do basically the same as ntpdate, but a bit slower and with more retries. Downside is that your clock may not be exact right after booting (it will need a minute or so after the NTP servers are reachable). On machines that have a working battery buffered clock this is usually fine and will make no noticable difference. Martin
