Thank you Christian. I tried chrony in the past, but found it less featureful. I may try one of the other ntp packages. Meanwhile, I guess let's leave this open in case there's a solution.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801183 Title: all servers stuck in INIT after reboot Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since I updated to 18.04.1 (ntp version 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu7.1), ntpd at boot leaves all remote servers in the INIT state: $ ntpq -c peers Thu Nov 1 06:33:19 EDT 2018 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== otc2.psu.edu .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 ntp-2.vt.edu .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 dns3.cit.cornel .INIT. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 This happens after every reboot. I have to restart the ntp service, then it runs normally again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ntp 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Nov 1 18:23:58 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (1280 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) NtpStatus: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== +otc2.psu.edu 146.186.222.4 3 u 344 137m 375 31.612 0.222 1.043 *ntp-2.vt.edu 198.82.247.164 2 u 89m 137m 377 14.930 1.267 2.263 +dns3.cit.cornel 146.186.222.14 2 u 2032 137m 377 23.562 2.050 1.578 SourcePackage: ntp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-27 (35 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.ntp: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.ntp.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.ntp: 2016-04-29T06:09:59.875852 mtime.conffile..etc.ntp.conf: 2016-07-19T06:06:23.592683 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1801183/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp