After install I see the reported fail:
$ systemctl status chrony
● chrony.service - chrony, an NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/chrony.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2020-05-27 08:40:07 UTC; 1min 18s ago
Docs: man:chronyd(8) man:chronyc(1) man:chrony.conf(5)
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting chrony, an NTP client/server...
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu chronyd[27223]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu chronyd[27223]: Initial frequency 11.023 ppm
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: chrony.service: New main PID 27223 does not exist or is a zombie.
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: chrony.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start chrony, an NTP client/server.
Trying the daemon directly:
$ sudo chronyd -d -n -F 1
2020-05-27T08:43:29Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
2020-05-27T08:43:29Z Frequency 18.044 +/- 39.335 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
Bad system call
Installing the fix from proposed:
Upgrade works:
$ sudo apt install chrony
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
chrony
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 201 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-proposed/main armhf chrony armhf 3.5-6ubuntu6.1 [201 kB]
Fetched 201 kB in 0s (1241 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 99010 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chrony_3.5-6ubuntu6.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking chrony (3.5-6ubuntu6.1) over (3.5-6ubuntu6) ...
Setting up chrony (3.5-6ubuntu6.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
Now the process is fine
$ systemctl status chrony
● chrony.service - chrony, an NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/chrony.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-05-27 08:47:50 UTC; 58s ago
Docs: man:chronyd(8) man:chronyc(1) man:chrony.conf(5)
Main PID: 28356 (chronyd)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/chrony.service ├─28356 /usr/sbin/chronyd -F -1 └─28357 /usr/sbin/chronyd -F -1
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting chrony, an NTP client/server...
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Frequency 18.044 +/- 39.335 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Loaded seccomp filter
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started chrony, an NTP client/server.
May 27 08:47:59 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Selected source 131.188.3.220
When running directly no abort after seccomp filter is applied:
Trying as-is on armhf:
After install I see the reported fail: system/ chrony. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
man: chronyc( 1)
man: chrony. conf(5)
$ systemctl status chrony
● chrony.service - chrony, an NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2020-05-27 08:40:07 UTC; 1min 18s ago
Docs: man:chronyd(8)
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting chrony, an NTP client/server...
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu chronyd[27223]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
May 27 08:40:06 ubuntu chronyd[27223]: Initial frequency 11.023 ppm
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: chrony.service: New main PID 27223 does not exist or is a zombie.
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: chrony.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
May 27 08:40:07 ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start chrony, an NTP client/server.
Trying the daemon directly: 27T08:43: 29Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG) 27T08:43: 29Z Frequency 18.044 +/- 39.335 ppm read from /var/lib/ chrony/ chrony. drift
$ sudo chronyd -d -n -F 1
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Bad system call
Installing the fix from proposed:
Upgrade works: ports.ubuntu. com/ubuntu- ports focal-proposed/main armhf chrony armhf 3.5-6ubuntu6.1 [201 kB] 3.5-6ubuntu6. 1_armhf. deb ...
$ sudo apt install chrony
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
chrony
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 201 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://
Fetched 201 kB in 0s (1241 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 99010 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chrony_
Unpacking chrony (3.5-6ubuntu6.1) over (3.5-6ubuntu6) ...
Setting up chrony (3.5-6ubuntu6.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
Now the process is fine
$ systemctl status chrony system/ chrony. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
man: chronyc( 1)
man: chrony. conf(5) slice/chrony. service
├ ─28356 /usr/sbin/chronyd -F -1
└ ─28357 /usr/sbin/chronyd -F -1
● chrony.service - chrony, an NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-05-27 08:47:50 UTC; 58s ago
Docs: man:chronyd(8)
Main PID: 28356 (chronyd)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting chrony, an NTP client/server... chrony/ chrony. drift
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Frequency 18.044 +/- 39.335 ppm read from /var/lib/
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Loaded seccomp filter
May 27 08:47:50 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started chrony, an NTP client/server.
May 27 08:47:59 ubuntu chronyd[28356]: Selected source 131.188.3.220
When running directly no abort after seccomp filter is applied:
$ sudo chronyd -d -n -F 1 27T08:49: 24Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG) 27T08:49: 24Z Frequency 14.709 +/- 17.455 ppm read from /var/lib/ chrony/ chrony. drift 27T08:49: 24Z Loaded seccomp filter 27T08:49: 33Z Selected source 131.188.3.220
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