maghuro
Very Senior Member
Couple of times
adminRT-AC86U/tmp/etc cat passwd
admin:x:0:0:admin:/root:/bin/sh
nas:x:100:100:nas:/dev/null:/dev/null
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/dev/null:/dev/null
tor:x:65533:65533:tor:/dev/null:/dev/null
ntpMerlin ntpMerlin - NTP Daemon for AsusWRT Merlin
- Thread starter Jack Yaz
- Start date
adminRT-AC86U/tmp/etc cat passwd
admin:x:0:0:admin:/root:/bin/sh
nas:x:100:100:nas:/dev/null:/dev/null
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/dev/null:/dev/null
tor:x:65533:65533:tor:/dev/null:/dev/null
Jack Yaz
Part of the Furniture
try reinstalling chrony? this is puzzling as the user is there. you may need to post on a chrony forum for further help
maghuro
Very Senior Member
I used set -x on /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd:
Code:
Choose an option: r
ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
+ [ restart = start ]
+ [ restart = restart ]
+ logger -st S77chronyd Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
S77chronyd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
+ ntptimer=0
+ nvram get ntp_ready
+ [ 1 = 0 ]
+ [ 0 -ge 300 ]
+ [ -f /opt/share/ntpmerlin.d/config ]
+ SCRIPT_STORAGE_DIR=/jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d
+ [ -f /opt/etc/init.d/S06chronyd ]
+ mkdir -p /opt/var/lib/chrony
+ mkdir -p /opt/var/run/chrony
+ chown -R nobody:nobody /opt/var/lib/chrony
+ chown -R nobody:nobody /opt/var/run/chrony
+ chmod -R 770 /opt/var/lib/chrony
+ chmod -R 770 /opt/var/run/chrony
+ ENABLED=yes
+ PROCS=chronyd
+ ARGS=-r -u nobody -f /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf
+ PREARGS=
+ PRECMD=killall ntp && killall ntpd
+ POSTCMD=
+ DESC=chronyd
+ PATH=/opt/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+ . /opt/etc/init.d/rc.func
+ ACTION=restart
+ CALLER=
+ ansi_red=\033[1;31m
+ ansi_white=\033[1;37m
+ ansi_green=\033[1;32m
+ ansi_yellow=\033[1;33m
+ ansi_blue=\033[1;34m
+ ansi_bell=\007
+ ansi_blink=\033[5m
+ ansi_std=\033[m
+ ansi_rev=\033[7m
+ ansi_ul=\033[4m
+ check
+ echo -e -n \033[1;37m Checking chronyd...
+ pidof chronyd
+ [ -n ]
+ echo -e \033[1;31m dead. \033[m
+ return 1
+ start
+ [ != yes -a = cron ]
+ [ yes != yes ]
+ echo -e -n \033[1;37m Starting chronyd... \033[m
Starting chronyd... + pidof chronyd
+ [ -n ]
+ killall ntp && killall ntpd
+ COUNTER=0
+ LIMIT=10
+ chronyd -r -u nobody -f /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf
+ pidof chronyd
+ [ -z 22367 -a 0 -le 10 ]
+
+ pidof chronyd
+ [ -z ]
+ echo -e \033[1;31m failed. \033[m
failed.
+ logger Failed to start chronyd from .
+ return 255
Press enter to continue...maghuro
Very Senior Member
I did it also
Wade Coxon
Senior Member
I appreciate the switch to Chrony greatly!
My drift and jitter have both dropped by an order of magnitude, and now my offset is more or less reliably maintained within a +/-2ms band as a result.
(Oddly, about a week before I made the switch from ntpd to Chrony, that 7zip segfault problem that I was experiencing went away by itself.)
Plugin is now operating flawlessly
.
My drift and jitter have both dropped by an order of magnitude, and now my offset is more or less reliably maintained within a +/-2ms band as a result.
(Oddly, about a week before I made the switch from ntpd to Chrony, that 7zip segfault problem that I was experiencing went away by itself.)
Plugin is now operating flawlessly
.
SomeWhereOverTheRainBow
Part of the Furniture
Yet another flawless victory by jack! awesome job. I love the new UI triggers and layouts.
I updated to the dev branch v3.0.0, selected chrony in the web ui. The offset and jitter reported 0.0ms consistently. Tried to update and got this.
Code:
Oct 25 19:50:01 ntpMerlin: MD5 hash of ntpMerlin does not match - downloading updated v3.0.0
Oct 25 19:50:02 ntpMerlin: New version of S77chronyd downloaded
Oct 25 19:50:03 S77chronyd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Oct 25 19:50:14 Audionut: Failed to start chronyd from .
Oct 25 19:50:14 ntpMerlin: /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf does not exist, downloading now.
Oct 25 19:50:15 ntpMerlin: ntpMerlin successfully updated
Oct 25 19:50:33 ntpMerlin: No new version - latest is v3.0.0
Oct 25 19:50:39 ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
Oct 25 19:50:39 S77chronyd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Oct 25 19:50:54 Audionut: Failed to start chronyd from .Jack Yaz
Part of the Furniture
hm. what do you get if you run at the command line?
Code:
/opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd startJack Yaz
Part of the Furniture
can you check /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf exists?
can you try running
Code:
chronyd -r -u nobody -f /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.confJack Yaz
Part of the Furniture
also please share a copy of /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/config
I think I tried the update option (after returning to NTPD), and it reported ntpd dead, which is an error I was having back here: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/ntpmerlin-ntp-daemon-for-asuswrt-merlin.55756/post-625468
Did a force update and that seems to have fixed it.
After the forced update.
Still need a copy of that file?
edit: Thanks for the assist.
Ok, maybe not.
Let me work out how to obtain that file.
Did a force update and that seems to have fixed it.
Code:
Oct 25 20:07:26 ntpMerlin: Downloading latest version (v3.0.0) of ntpMerlin
Oct 25 20:07:28 ntpMerlin: ntpMerlin successfully updated
Oct 25 20:07:40 ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
Oct 25 20:07:40 S77chronyd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Oct 25 20:07:40 chronyd[7484]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK -RTC +PRIVDROP -SCFILTER -SIGND +ASYNCDNS -SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
Oct 25 20:07:40 chronyd[7484]: Initial frequency -13.592 ppm
Oct 25 20:07:40 Audionut: Started chronyd from .
Oct 25 20:07:45 chronyd[7484]: Selected source 45.76.113.31After the forced update.
Code:
Another chronyd may already be running (pid=7484), check /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pidStill need a copy of that file?
edit: Thanks for the assist.
Ok, maybe not.
Code:
Oct 25 20:12:27 chronyd[9636]: Fatal error : Another chronyd may already be running (pid=7484), check /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pidLet me work out how to obtain that file.
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Jack Yaz
Part of the Furniture
hm i wonder if something didn't download properly when you first opted to try chrony. I'll give that a test later
EDIT: this may be why....fixed hopefully https://github.com/jackyaz/ntpMerlin/commit/3098ff66d0afb83b757ab0ef640a9a1db4983502
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JGrana
Very Senior Member
I have had this issue a few times in the past. Try to remove the chrony.pid file and restart chrony:
$ rm /opt/var/run/chrony/chrony.pid
$ /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd restart
Once in a while (experimenting...) I have ended up with a stale chrony.pid. It won't start if that file exists.
$ rm /opt/var/run/chrony/chrony.pid
$ /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd restart
Once in a while (experimenting...) I have ended up with a stale chrony.pid. It won't start if that file exists.
maghuro
Very Senior Member
JGrana
Very Senior Member
Hmm, look at your chrony.conf file. See if there is a definition for the location of the pidfile.rm: can't remove '/opt/var/run/chrony/chrony.pid': No such file or directory
Holy sh**
Mine shows:
# chronyd writes its process ID to a file. If you try to start a second
# copy of chronyd, it will detect that the process named in the file is
# still running and bail out. If you want to change the path to the PID
# file, uncomment this line and edit it. The default path is shown.
pidfile /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pid
Your might be different. If you do see this, try to remove the chrony.pid file.
If there is no pidfile, double check chrony is not running.
$ ps | grep chronyd
If not chronyd and no pidfile - try the restart one more time using the CLI. It might complain as to why it won't start. Make sure you have chrony.conf setup in /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d (Jacks default is fine)
$ chronyd -r -u nobody -f /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf
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maghuro
Very Senior Member
I think that chrony is running, don't know why.
ps | grep chronyd
24317 admin 5436 S grep chronyd
JGrana
Very Senior Member
No, unfortunately that is grep matching the command with the word chrony in it.
No, chronyd is not running.
Did you try starting chronyd from the command line? If not, try that and see if there are any error messages.
maghuro
Very Senior Member
chronyd -r -u nobody -f /jffs/addons/ntpmerlin.d/chrony.conf Could not get user/group ID of nobody
And if I try with other used, admin for example, the same.happens
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