[ntp:questions] GCC-4.2.3 Compiler Error in NTP-4.2.2p4

I tried to upgrade my ntp version running on a FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE system this morning and received the following error: if cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include -I../include -I../libopts -I/usr/local/include -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wall -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpoin

Re: [ntp:questions] GCC-4.2.3 Compiler Error in NTP-4.2.2p4

On 2008-02-09, Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, > >>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Laus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > First, somebody gets to decide if this is really a bug in the NTP code or if > it is a bug in GCC. > >

Re: [ntp:questions] GCC-4.2.3 Compiler Error in NTP-4.2.2p4

On 2008-02-10, Douglas Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [I'm replying to the original article rather than later follow-ups > in order to include some original error messages.] > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Laus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > &

Re: [ntp:questions] Local (own site) NTP servers.

On 2009-07-23, G8KBV wrote: > Wonder if this will get posed, or returned to me.. > > Hi... > > Been lurking for a while. > > Also, been messing about trying to get a local (to me) GPS > Disciplined NTP server working, based on David Taylor's work > with FreeBSD, I think I have one of those configu

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2009-12-28, xyz-2041 wrote: > Plugged in the GPS unit's serial cable into a Windows > computer running WinOncore12 v1.0 (Build 37): > > http://www.google.com/#q=WinOncore12Installation.exe > > Seemed to work without any problems. Generated > all sort of graphs and charts. Let it run and it

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2009-12-30, xyz-2041 wrote: > On Dec 28, 7:59?am, Thomas Laus wrote: >> On 2009-12-28, xyz-2041 wrote: >> >> > Plugged in the GPS unit's serial cable into a Windows >> > computer running WinOncore12 v1.0 (Build 37): >> >> > ?http://www.goo

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-01-01, xyz-2041 wrote: >> >> comunicate with your Oncore. ?You might get some insight by enabling >> some of the statistics. ?You add them to /etc/ntp.conf >> >> # NTP Statistics >> statsdir /var/log/ntp/ >> statistics clockstats loopstats peerstats >> filegen clockstats file clockstats ty

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP server can not synchronize with external NTP server

On 2010-01-11, nast linux wrote: > Hai David, > > Thanks for reply, > > I already ask to network admin to open udp 123 for time.nist.gov. > And I checked my server at firewall log that could send udp 123 to > time.nist.gov. But I checked no paket from time.nist.gov. > Is the NTP host being used u

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-02-12, xyz-2041 wrote: > OK. Couldn't get the Oncore unit to work in any way > shape or form. I bought a DB9 LED tester like this: > > > > Had PPS going to pin 1, DATA OUT to pin 2, and DATA IN to pin 3. > Still > no good

Re: [ntp:questions] Befuddled and confused, again...

On 2010-02-14, Dave Baxter wrote: > Hi All. > > Been trying (again) to setup a FreeBSD GPSDNTP server, as I want to use > the currently used Win2k (With the Meinberg binary etc) box for > something else, having found that running anything else "significant" on > it, "distrubes" the NTPD system

Re: [ntp:questions] Befuddled and confused, again...

On 2010-02-14, Dave Baxter wrote: > > I *Need* PPS support, as I have an app that needs mS accruacy. See:- > http://www.dxatlas.com/Faros/ for details of what I have running, that > needs such data. Plus, for whatever reason, my ISP (Demon/Thus/C&W) > seem unable to provide a stable NTP serv

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-02-15, David Lord wrote: >> >> Changed back to the Oncore: >> >> ~ >> # GPS Oncore driver >> # server 127.127.30.0 prefer >> server 127.127.30.0 >> fudge 127.127.30.0 refid GPSo >> >> # PPS driver: >> server 127.127.22.0 prefer >> fudge

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-02-15, xyz-2041 wrote: > On Feb 15, 9:03?am, Thomas Laus wrote: > >> receiver. ?The latest development version of the ntp software is a lot >> more verbose than the released version. ? > > Installed: > > 15 Feb 14:37:36 ntpd[680]: ntpd 4.2.7...@1.2108-o Mon

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-02-16, xyz-2041 wrote: > > Thanks, Tom and guys. I really appreciate your help! > > Looks like something is going on with the Oncore: > > # ntpq -c pe > remote refid st t when poll reach delay > offset jitter >===

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-02-17, xyz-2041 wrote: > > OK. Did yesterday: > http://www.a7h.com/~stuph/var--log--ntp--clockstats-2010-Feb-16.txt > > This is today's output: > http://www.a7h.com/~stuph/var--log--ntp--clockstats-2010-Feb-17--1025.txt > > I looked over your log and it looks a lot like mine except for th

Re: [ntp:questions] Tutorial for setting up Garmin 18 LVC on FreeBSD 8.0

On 2010-02-22, ryandoyle wrote: > For anyone interested in setting up a Garmin 18 LVC GPS receiver on > FreeBSD 8, I wrote up a fairly detailed tutorial of my experiences > here: http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145 > > If there are any comments or errors, please let me know > My comments are all on yo

Re: [ntp:questions] Tutorial for setting up Garmin 18 LVC on FreeBSD 8.0

On 2010-02-22, ryandoyle wrote: > > All the sample ntp.conf files had max and mix poll configured, I was > just following these. Should these not be entered? Thanks for the info > on the ntp-devel port. > If the ntp-dev port is used instead of the one that is included in the base software, the sta

Re: [ntp:questions] Tutorial for setting up Garmin 18 LVC on FreeBSD 8.0

On 2010-02-22, Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> wrote: > ryandoyle wrote: > > You might consider trying a bleeding edge (dev tree) version of ntpd, > directly from ntp.org, instead of the ports version: > That is not a good idea on Freebsd to not use the ports system, especially for so

Re: [ntp:questions] How to debug GPS PPS?

On 2010-03-09, xyz-2041 wrote: > Forgot to add the changes to /etc/ntp.conf: > > Thanks Tom, et. al. for helping me get this going. > The box is now running as Stratum 1. > > # Links for NTP Oncore GPS(0) > link cuad0 pps0 > link cuad0 oncore.pps.0 > link cuad0 oncore.serial.0 > > Added a 2nd gro

Re: [ntp:questions] Trimble Resolution SMT

On 2010-05-05, Hal Murray wrote: > In article <4be025aa.4050...@signaturealpha.com>, > Marc Leclerc writes: > >>I am trying to have NTP use the trimble resolution SMT gps module, I >>have tried other trimble clock driver without success so I assume that >>one specific to the module has to be use

Re: [ntp:questions] What version of ntpd am I really running??

> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 23:30 UTC, Edward T. Mischanko > wrote: >> On my FreeBSD system have built and installed ntp-dev-4.2.7p108. >> But, when I type: >> >> ntpd --version >> >> It returns: >> >> ntpd - NTP daemon program - ver 4.2.4p5 >> >> What is the prper way to determine the current versio

Re: [ntp:questions] serialPPS+gpsd+ntpd large offset & jitter

On 2011-01-12, Chris Albertson wrote: > I had a motherborad fail a few weeks ago, (big black burned hole where > a voltage regulator caught fire) so before dumping the thing in the > trash I looked it over for good salvage.I found two TCXOs that > were used for the CU clock and for the graphic

Re: [ntp:questions] Getting PPS to work with Oncore ref clock

On 2011-02-17, Hal Murray wrote: > > Some devices put out a narrow (10 microsecond) pulse. I don't know > what the Oncore does. > > I have one PC that works fine with a narrow pulse and another PC > that doesn't see it. I kludged together a pulse stretcher (diode, R, C) > and it started working.

Re: [ntp:questions] Fwd: Re: NetBSD GPS/PPS using 4.2.6p3

On 2011-08-22, A C wrote: > Yes but ntpd still doesn't see the PPS signal on DCD with or without > flag3. So I'm lost on how to solve this problem. I know the PPS signal > is there on the wire, I know DCD is being asserted and cleared. I know > the test code can see it but for some reason I

Re: [ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore Surveyed Position

On 2011-09-06, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > I switched again to mode 4 and started again to see if I missed something. I > believe I'll only have to wait 1 seconds = 2 hours and 46 minutes... not > much. :-) > > Unfortunatelly clockstats doesn't show position, only time. I believe this > is becau

Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Frequency and Offset

On 2011-09-27, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > One had 180 ppm sand the other 46 ppm without fiddling with machdep.tsc_freq > sysctl variable. After the correction I am getting -0.041 ppm for the first > and -0.045 ppm for the second. > > > Embedded machines running NanoBSD and they don't do anything el

Re: [ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore UT+ problems

On 2011-11-16, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > Hi guys! > > Here's the problem: I have one particular Oncore UT+ receiver (2.2 firmware > revision) that only works in mode 3, i.e., I need to reset it (losing the > almanac) everytime I restart the NTP daemon. As you might imagine this is a > major proble

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset Jumps with Motorola Oncore UT+

On 2011-12-09, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > Hi! > > This morning my FreeBSD 7.4 Oncore UT+ NTP server exhibited a strange > behaviour... Note the huge jump in offset from 854 ns to 596 us and then > the highest offset at 159 ms. > > loop stats file: > > 55904 33635.224 0.01230 -1.282 0.00888

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-keygen not working

On 2011-12-20, Arpan Gujarati wrote: > I am trying to generate keys for to enable autokey option with NTP. But I > am getting a Floating point exception when I try it on Free-BSD machine. > can anyone please point what may be the possible problem? > > root@ns# ntp-keygen > Using OpenSSL version Op

Re: [ntp:questions] Very large jitter and offsets on GPS ref clock after upgrade to "p5"

On 2012-01-06, Chris Albertson wrote: > I just upgraded to?4.2.6p5@1.2349-o and I'm getting some odd results. > NTPD has been running for about 12 hours not on a Linux system. ?The > following three "peers" displays were taken about one minute?apart. > How do I go about debugging this? ? Where to

Re: [ntp:questions] Very large jitter and offsets on GPS ref clock after upgrade to "p5"

On 2012-01-06, unruh wrote: > Ssure a pulse can go missing. Eg, your encore pluse is a TTL level pulse > (0-3 volt transition) and your serial port is marginal with that ( the > standard for serial ports is basically -5 to +5 volt transition) So > occasionally the hardware misses the transition. O

Re: [ntp:questions] Very large jitter and offsets on GPS ref clock after upgrade to "p5"

On 2012-01-06, Chris Albertson wrote: > I know you are going to ask so here are the config files > > MODE 4 > LAT33 51 54.315 > LONG -118 23 01.782 > HT 25.56 M > DELAY 50 NS > ASSERT > SHMEM /var/log/ntpstats/ONCORE > POSN3D > MASK 0 > Cris: Re-reading your ntp.oncore configuration file,

Re: [ntp:questions] Second attempt at GPS-18 based NTP server

On 2012-02-03, David J Taylor wrote: >> The generic BSD kernel does not enable PPS support by default. You must >> recompile to enable PPS. >> >> >> The page you quoted says the following in the section "System software >> customization" (about 45% down the page in the Software section): >> >>

Re: [ntp:questions] Second attempt at GPS-18 based NTP server

On 2012-02-02, Paul Duncan wrote: > So, I *think* that everything is okay, and it is using the PPS signal. > There is one slight worry, which is what I see in /var/log/messages: > > Feb 2 09:50:16 tock ntpd[1573]: refclock_nmea: time_pps_kcbind failed: > Operation not supported > > Please note,

Re: [ntp:questions] No PPS FreeBSD with NMEA flag1 1 ntpd Ver. 4.2.6p5

On 2012-02-07, Mark C. Stephens wrote: > > [root@NTP ~]# ntpdc -c kerninfo > pll offset: 3.243e-05 s > pll frequency:106.791 ppm > maximum error:0.011957 s > estimated error: 8.8e-05 s > status: 2001 pll nano > pll time constant:4 > precision:

[ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.7p255 drops core on FreeBSD 8.2

Something with NTPD has changed between version 4.2.7p249 and version 4.2.7p255 that causes the ntp daemon to exit on a signal 11 and drop core. My configur- ation files have not changed in several months and the FBSD base system ntpd will still start after the 4.2.7p255 aborts. I tried starting

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.7p255 drops core on FreeBSD 8.2

On 2012-02-21, David J Taylor wrote: > > Tom, > > It's running fine on my FreeBSD 8.2 system. That's with: > > ntpd 4.2.7p255@1.2483 Fri Feb 10 06:04:36 UTC 2012 (1) > > built from source. If you need any ntpq output from this system please > let me know just what. That's with a Garmin GPS 1

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP + PPS on Atom motherboards

On 2012-08-01, Hahn, Ron wrote: > Colleagues, > > I have used exactly the same recipe on a Core 2 Duo Tyan server and > the times are maximally off by only +4uS/-2uS from PPS. So I am > thinking there is something fundamental wrong with the Atom boards. > I have repeated the experiments with a Pe

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP + PPS on Atom motherboards

On 2012-08-01, Hahn, Ron wrote: > Chris, > > Thank you for these helpful advises. I am recalling many years ago > there were such things as line transceivers that converted the > signals from TTL-RS232 and backwards. Do these still exist in the > world and have you perhaps these part numbers? I

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP + PPS on Atom motherboards

On 2012-08-01, Hahn, Ron wrote: > > the PPS pulse width. Maybe with the Fat PPS board? This is reminding > me of the old days. Printers and Terminals! :) > Ron: All of my TAPR boards also drive the RS-232 PPS pin with a 'low-z' output. They use 4 sections in parallel from a 74AC04N that gets it

Re: [ntp:questions] Timing GPS recommendations

On 2012-08-20, unruh wrote: >>> No The sure is 10s of ns device. Unfortunately this is useless as you >>> cannot get the time into your computer to better than usec. The >>> interrupts are not serviced fast enough on any PC to give better than a >>> few us and the interrupt routines get delayed on

Re: [ntp:questions] Public NTP server supporting authentication

On 2012-09-14, anots...@fastmail.fm wrote: > Some people are interested to use authenticated NTP for their linux > distributions. [1] [2] > > Obviously an identity scheme, where NTP server has its own private and > public key and all users need to have the the NTP public keys is > required. Typica

Re: [ntp:questions] Two issues updating FreeBSD 8.2 with portmaster

On 2012-09-26, David Taylor wrote: > I tried to update my FreeBSD 8.2 to the latest NTP development (in > excess of 300), but failed on two counts. Am I doing something wrong? > > 1 - The version obtained was the same as my installed version: > ntp-4.2.7p255, whereas the current development ver

Re: [ntp:questions] Two issues updating FreeBSD 8.2 with portmaster

On 2012-09-26, Ron Hahn wrote: > > > cd /usr/ports > portsnap fetch update > portmaster -L ... to see if ntpd will be updated > portmaster -a ... update all packages (subsitute for your > command for the packages you want to update) > > I have seen instances where you have

Re: [ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore GPS as Stratum 1 source

On 2012-10-17, Hahn, Ron wrote: > Colleagues, > > I am putting together some Motorola Oncore UT+ boards to replace my > Sure boards in my ntp servers. I am using this > http://www.tapr.org/gps_vpib.html board as the templat for the > interface circuits. The circuit calls for a BR2325 battery whi

Re: [ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore GPS as Stratum 1 source

On 2012-10-18, Thomas Laus wrote: > Ron: > > I am also using this same board and made a discovery a few years ago > that this backup battery discharges over a period of time, normally > less than a year and is not available when 'really' needing it. There > i

Re: [ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore GPS as Stratum 1 source

On 2012-10-18, Mike S wrote: > re: using gold caps > > You may wish to consider rechargeable lithium cells, which will give you > a more consistent voltage than a capacitor. I'm not sure how voltage > sensitive the Oncore boards are for holding data while powered down, but > these are what Moto

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating NTP on FreeBSD 8.x

On 2012-11-17, David Taylor wrote: > Pardon my ignorance, but with FreeBSD if I run: > ># portmaster -a ># portmaster net/ntp-devel > > I appear to get 4.2.7p304, which is not the latest version. Is there > something extra I should be doing to get the latest version, or am I > reliant o

[ntp:questions] New 60 KHz WWVB Time Format

I have not seen this information posted to this newsgroup. The US NIST radio station WWVB will be changing it's transmission format. The information can be found at: http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwvb.cfm The old format is still being sent twice a day until the end of January 2013, but t

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd locks-up on FreeBSD 8.3

On 2013-02-28, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > When ntpd loads via rc.d at system start-up it just locks-up. > It doesn't finish loading what is in the rc.conf or give me a login prompt. > I have to control c out of it to regain control of the computer, but that > terminates ntpd. Any help would be

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd crashing early in startup (memory corruption?)

On 2013-05-09, Garrett Wollman wrote: > Has anyone else experienced a problem with ntpd crashing very early in > startup? It looks like a memory corruption issue, or at least the > stack is usually corrupt by the time the core file gets written. > > Frustratingly, I cannot reproduce the problem w

Re: [ntp:questions] Thunderbolt at NTP ref clock.

On 2013-07-30, E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: > Dave Baxter wrote: >> In reference to my other thread. >> "THunderbolt monitor/control on Win7 ?" >> Well, as that device seems happy in it's potential new home. >> I've been poking about the interweb looking for

Re: [ntp:questions] Thunderbolt at NTP ref clock.

On 2013-07-31, Thomas Laus wrote: > The pulse width wasn't adjustable. It was was just on the ragged edge > of what the Soekris UART DCD was able to see for pps kernel > discipline. It occasonally missed a pulse and that caused some > problems for ntp because it had the time

Re: [ntp:questions] Thunderbolt at NTP ref clock.

On 2013-07-31, unruh wrote: >> Years ago when I used a Thunderbolt to provide a local time reference >> on a Soekris system I found that the PPS pulse was a little too narrow >> to trigger the Soekris UART. I had to use one of these: >> >> http://www.tapr.org/kits_fatpps.html > > And in all those

Re: [ntp:questions] IRIG not working with ALSA

On 2013-08-13, Michael Tatarinov wrote: >> the conclusion that the IRIG audio reference clock does not work with OSS >> emulation provided by ALSA. >> >> Is this driver still supported? >> If it is, who is supporting it? > > according to the bugzilla - David L. Mills > >> The problem is that for k

Re: [ntp:questions] Help with Oncore PPS

On 2013-08-25, Ron Hahn (EI2JP) wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to get an Oncore GPS board to PPS a FreeBSD 8.3 > installation. Originally I was using a Sure GPS board and now I want > the better Oncore board to be working. From the log output below I am > talking to the Oncore board but it i

Re: [ntp:questions] Help with Oncore PPS - Update

On 2013-08-27, Ron Hahn (EI2JP) wrote: > Colleagues, an update: > > I now have the OnCore board actually speaking to the computer. All > signals including the PPS signal are translated level using a MAX232 > chip, with the PPS signal on the DCD line. I also have the kernel > recompiled as descr

Re: [ntp:questions] Strange refid

On 2013-11-12, David Lord wrote: > > Are either WWV(various hf) or WWVB(60kHz) still online? > David: Thay are all still on the air. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm Tom -- Public Keys: PGP KeyID = 0x5F22FDC1 GnuPG KeyID = 0x620836CF __

Re: [ntp:questions] Silly question.

On 2013-12-15, Hal Murray wrote: >>But, I don't know, nor can find out where the newly built newer version >>ntpd was placed, so I can change that variable above. >> If you built it from a port, it gets installed in /usr/local/bin. The default system built ntp programs go in /usr/bin or /usr/sbi

[ntp:questions] WWV Outage 2/21/2017 & 2/22/2017

NOTICE Due to an electrical up-grade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed 8 hours in duration each day. https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-divis

Re: [ntp:questions] does this make sense?

On 2018-04-04, Maria Iano wrote: > I'm purchasing ntp appliances to put into three datacenters. Does it make > sense to purchase two that use GPS and two that use WWVB, and configure them > as peers? The USA Bureau of Time Standards has a link for timing receiver vendors: https://www.nist.gov/pm

Re: [ntp:questions] How can i make sure that how much time ntp is adjusting one day

On 2018-08-06, aashish.ch...@fonantrix.com wrote: > here is my ntp.conf file. >... > > and destination ip is (169.254.169.123) > > I am using ntp on my aws ec2 instance. > The IP address 169.254.169.123 is an IANA reserved non-routable internal one. Is this address one that is local to your A

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the mean of below output?

On 2018-08-06, ashishchugh@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > > I am facing time drifting problem in my linux , i install ntp. first of all i > am unable to execute ntpstat command as it is saying command not found. > > Then i execute ntpq -p and can see below ouuput > > remote refid

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the mean of below output?

On 2018-08-06, ashishchugh@gmail.com wrote: > This time i made some changes and i can see below output at this time i am > using aws time sync ip on my ntp.conf > > ntpa -p > > output - > > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter >

Re: [ntp:questions] does this make sense?

On 8/13/18 10:09 AM, Steven Sommars wrote: > Search for:   CDMA shutdown > > CDMA NTP servers lack an automated leap second mechanism, as far as I > can tell. > My CDMA experience dealt with an Endrun Tempus LX receiver only. It received and used the leap second information that was sent along wi

Re: [ntp:questions] Mu whole Internet crashes when server is in the pool rotation

On 2019-04-27, jelisko...@gmail.com wrote: > NTP server is working properly, I wanted to join the official pool. My score > is 19.2 which is excellent, but my whole internet crashes ! > > Even if I choose the lowest speed it is same. If I make schedule for deletion > the server I presume is imme

[ntp:questions] Refclock Oncore Driver Change

Group: The Motorola Oncore receiver has recently become non-usable because of the recent GPS week rollover. The receiver year field is limited by the receiver to the years from 1988 to 2018. The current driver is not able to write the year 2019 successfully. I have looked overr the refclock_onc

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

On 2019-06-20, Chris wrote: > Have a couple of surplus gps based ntp servers that have been > used for time sync in the lab for few years. They are on a UPS > with several hours backup and seems like a good idea to use > them to contribute to the ntp global network. > > Don't want to expose them

Re: [ntp:questions] Time server question

On 2019-06-21, David Woolley wrote: > On 21/06/2019 12:26, Thomas Laus wrote: >> Will either isolation solution have direct access to the computer >> CPU? The GPS clock will need the ability to directly adjust the >> frequency of the CPU to achieve expected results for