Re: heads up: mac_ntpd has to be explicitly loaded in recent stable/14
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:16:36 UTC
On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:28:13 -0700 David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 09:18:06PM +0900, Tomoaki AOKI wrote: > > ... > > Tried (still before reverting, patched /etc/rc.d/ntpd) switching > > command line option to corresponding statements in ntp.conf, and > > encountered strange behavior. > > ... > > Note that ports ntpd is no longer installed now (remnant when I tried > > ports version before). > > ... > > ntpd 4.2.8p18-a (150): Starting > > Command line: /usr/sbin/ntpd -4 -g -x -p /var/db/ntp/ntpd.pid > > -c /etc/ntp/ntp.conf -f /var/db/ntp/ntpd.drift -u ntpd:ntpd -g > > > > (snip) > > > > switching logging to file /var/log/ntpd.log > > daemon child exited with code 255 > > /etc/rc: WARNING: failed to start ntpd > > > > (snip) > > > > ntpd 4.2.8p18-a (150): Starting > > Command line: /usr/sbin/ntpd -4 -g -x -p /var/db/ntp/ntpd.pid > > -c /etc/ntp/ntp.conf -f /var/db/ntp/ntpd.drift -g > > switching logging to file /var/log/ntpd.log > > > > ===== End quote ===== > > > > Strangely, ntpd is invoked twice, and command line shown > > in /var/log/messages still contains deleted options. > > The second run successfully invoked ntpd, even though mac_ntpd.ko is > > not auto-loaded. > > .... > > Have you verified that the machine no longer has a /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntpd > (from ports)? Yes. I don't have /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntpd. The remnant of ports ntpd is from my previous computer (already dead) that I carried over its configurations in /etc. Never installed ports ntpd in this computer. % ls -l /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntpd ls: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntpd: そのようなファイルまたはディレクトリはあり ません The Japanese message means "no such file or directory". > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Thank you, Claude Malhuret. > https://wickedemerald.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/speech-from-claude-malhuret/ > > See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>