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Description of problem: ntpd has errors at startup when it's unable to lookup the sync servers, eg 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ntp-4.2.6p3-4 How reproducible: Every boot on a server where ntp starts up before named can finish initializing (especially if ntpdate.service is not enabled). Adding "named.service" to After= line in ntpd.service resolves the problem. "network.target" should probably also be added to After= in case named.service is not enabled, but network.target is.
What errors exactly do you see? If it's not "host name not found (permanent)", it shouldn't be a problem, ntpd is designed to work even when started without network or working DNS. Is the number of servers specified in ntp.conf equal to the number of servers reported by ntpq -pn?
Sorry, for some reason I never received the notification of your comment... I upgraded to F16 in January, and no longer have copies of the F15 logs from Oct '11, so I'm afraid I can't paste them, or test ntpq -pn. However, after upgrading to F16, I reverted to the 'shipped' ntpd.service file (and have ntp-4.2.6p4-1 installed), and I haven't seen the errors since. The bug may still exist in F15, but I'm afraid I have no easy was to test it. If no one else is reporting the issue, we might as well close the bug... I'll open a new bug if I encounter the issue again in F16. Thanks!