It is evident from: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NTP that this is a known problem. Basically, NTP v4.2.x doesn't support multiple restrict lines. Therefore, when the default /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf is copied to /etc/ntp.conf, it doesn't work because "restrict default notrust nomodify" and "restrict 127.0.0.1" need to be combined into "restrict 127.0.0.1 notrust nomodify". Without performing the above correction, when one types "ntpq -np", the jitter is set to 4000 and the output looks something like: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter =================================================== tock.usno.navy 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge ntp 2. cp /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf 3. /etc/init.d/ntpd start Actual Results: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter =================================================== tock.usno.navy 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00 Expected Results: 4000 should be closer to 0! This is only a minor issue - although it does waste time!
Steps to Reproduce should be: 1. emerge ntp 2. cp /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf 3. /etc/init.d/ntpd start
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 65502 ***
