ntpdate not being executed at boot time

[Colin Smith]

Binary package hint: upstart

strange. I have an ubuntu server system with static IP address and when it boots, ntpdate doesn't seem to be called.

when I run /etc/init.d/networking start it does call ntpdate as part of if-up... How is the interface being configured then at boot if not through the init script?

It seems to be something to do with an init system called upstart, but I can't find any configuration information, useful man pages or even anything handy through google on setting it up.

At a guess, upstart is running /etc/event.d/rc-default which is falling through to an emulated runlevel of 2... Which doesn't link to /etc/init.d/networking... Which would explain the networking init script not being executed... So how is the interface being configured at all?

System is the current 6.10 server install.

Linux version 2.6.17-10-server (root@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:29:32 UTC 2006 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-10.34-server)

Wired connection was configured through System->Administration->Networking->Network Settings.

It does work while configured for DHCP btw.

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

networking is called from rcS, which upstart does run (otherwise your network interface would not have come up at all!)

Attach /var/log/boot and /etc/resolv.conf

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

No response to requested information, and this works for most people.

[AirOne (airone-k)]

I'm experiencing exactly the same problem on dapper 6.06 LTS server.

Although when i run /et/init.d/networking restart manually or ifdown -a && ifup -a after init ntpdate is always called

Strange...