no_sys_peer

[Hal Murray]

I'm seeing things like this:
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 0.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 1.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 2.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 3.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 ntp.ubuntu.com  .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
+ntp.idealab.com 208.76.2.12      2 e  504 1024  377   41.640   -7.482   3.382
+vimo.dorui.net  209.51.161.238   2 e  667 1024  377   90.416    2.187   2.169
-x.ns.gin.ntt.ne 249.224.99.213   2 e  306 1024  377   14.532    2.381 140.953
+repos.lax-noc.c 204.123.2.5      2 e  792 1024  377   23.381    4.296  61.295
-helium.constant 128.59.0.245     2 e  268 1024  377   91.472    2.115 211.480

Note that there is no * in col 1.

The log file shows:

14 Oct 15:18:51 ntpd[18599]: 198.55.111.5 134a 8a sys_peer
14 Oct 15:28:17 ntpd[18599]: 0.0.0.0 06b8 08 no_sys_peer
14 Oct 16:17:30 ntpd[18599]: 0.0.0.0 06c8 08 no_sys_peer
14 Oct 22:57:37 ntpd[18599]: 97.107.128.58 143a 8a sys_peer
14 Oct 23:14:06 ntpd[18599]: 198.55.111.5 145a 8a sys_peer
15 Oct 00:49:00 ntpd[18599]: 97.107.128.58 144a 8a sys_peer
15 Oct 00:59:05 ntpd[18599]: 198.55.111.5 146a 8a sys_peer
15 Oct 01:00:55 ntpd[18599]: 0.0.0.0 06d8 08 no_sys_peer
(It's been a half hour since the last line.)

I'm expecting it to pick a new sys_peer right away.

Note that the system has several pool commands and no local servers.  It also 
has
  tos minsane 5

I think this started several weeks ago.

I'll try bisecting, but there is a "wait long enough" step in the test cycle.

I think there may be variations of this during startup.  I see a * with no + 
or - on other servers.  That may be legal, but it seems strange.


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