This is interesting!

I had a similar problem with ntpd (NOT ntpdate) when I moved from 
4.99.29 to 4.99.31, but only when ntpd was invoked during startup;  it 
would successfully start up later on, but consistently hangs if I 
executed it during normal startup.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Erik Bertelsen wrote:

> 2007/10/14, Michael <macallan1888@gmail.com>:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> On Oct 14, 2007, at 15:14, Erik Bertelsen wrote:
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>>> My beige G3 macppc machine hangs solidly in ntpdate after upgrading
>>> to 4.99.33.
>>>
>>> If I disable ntpdate in /etc/rc.conf, it boot completely to
>>> multi-user. If I run ntpdate either by setting ntpdate=yes in
>>> /etc/rc.conf or just by calling it manually, the machine hangs and
>>> does not seem to answer to neither the keyboard or the network. This
>>> also happens after I rebuilt the system at 4.99.33.
>>>
>>> Any explanations ?
>>
>> Hmm, I don't see that on my G4. Do you use HEAD or ppcoea-renovation?
>> And what's in your kernel config?
>>
>> have fun
>> Michael
>>
>
> This is on HEAD, and I only see it on the beige G3, I have a G4 that
> has no problem in this area. Kernel configuration file is attached.
>
> - Erik
>

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