Re: gpsd and ntpsec error in ntp.conf

[Massimiliano Fago]

Dear Florian,

Thank you. You're right. I have inserted a whitespace and now I have no error.

Thank you for howto link

Massimiliano

Il giorno lun 21 set 2020 alle ore 14:54 Florian Kiera
<florian.kiera@logicway.de> ha scritto:
>
> Hey Massimiliano,
>
> As far as this guide goes, you need to put a whitespace after "minpoll"
> (supposed to be "minpoll 4" not "minpoll4").
>
> https://gpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/gpsd-time-service-howto.html
>
> You should find all informations about ntp-gpsd there.
>
> Regards
> Florian
>
> Am 21.09.20 um 14:45 schrieb Massimiliano Fago:
> > Dear Florian,
> >
> > thanks for your replay.
> >
> > no, I'm not sure that this line "refclock shm unit 1 minpoll4 maxpoll
> > 4 refid PPS flag4 1 prefer" is correct.
> > I don't remember where I found it.
> >
> > In my configuration I need to adjust my raspberry time to a gpsd pps
> > time. (I need precision time) but I don't know how to exactly
> > configure the file ntp.conf.
> >
> > Where can I find all documentation about ntp.conf configuration string?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Massimiliano
> >
> > Il giorno lun 21 set 2020 alle ore 14:14 Florian Kiera
> > <florian.kiera@logicway.de> ha scritto:
> >> Heyo Massimiliano,
> >>
> >> are you sure that the line 16 "refclock shm unit 1 minpoll4 maxpoll 4 
> >> refid PPS flag4 1 prefer" is correct? May its supposed to mean ""refclock 
> >> shm unit 1 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 refid PPS flag4 1 prefer" (a little mistake 
> >> with a missing whitespace?). Sadly I dont have anything to test it with. 
> >> Just some random guess as "refclock shm unit 0 time1 -0.0900 refid GPS 
> >> flag4 1 noselect" etc dont have any issue with column 12 (last latter of 
> >> the shm).
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Florian
> >>
> >> Am 21.09.20 um 13:09 schrieb Massimiliano Fago:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> (gpsd: 3.21.1~dev (revision release-3.21-209-g3cbf9bf1a)
> >> and
> >> ntpd ntpsec-1.1.9+ 2020-09-21T10:50:13Z (git rev 4f3fed2aa))
> >>
> >> I recently noticed that I have this error when starting the ntpd service:
> >>
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1114]: INIT: Command line: 
> >> /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1114]: 2020-09-21T13:00:29 ntpd[1114]: 
> >> INIT: ntpd ntpsec-1.1.9+ 2020-09-21T10:50:13Z (g
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1114]: 2020-09-21T13:00:29 ntpd[1114]: 
> >> INIT: Command line: /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Network Time Service.
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: INIT: precision = 0.989 usec (-20)
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: INIT: successfully locked into RAM
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: CONFIG: readconfig: parsing file: 
> >> /etc/ntp.conf
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: CONFIG: line 16 column 12 syntax 
> >> error, unexpected T_String, expecting T_EOC
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: CONFIG: syntax error in 
> >> /etc/ntp.conf line 16, column 12
> >> set 21 13:00:29 raspberrypi ntpd[1115]: LOG: switching logging to file 
> >> /var/log/ntpd.log
> >>
> >> my ntp.conf is this:
> >>
> >> #pool us.pool.ntp.org iburst
> >>
> >> #driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> >> #logfile /var/log/ntp.log
> >>
> >> restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
> >> restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
> >> restrict 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.0
> >> restrict -6 ::1
> >> restrict 192.168.14.0 mask 255.255.255.0
> >>
> >> # GPS PPS reference (NTP1)
> >> #server 127.127.28.2 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 prefer true
> >> #fudge 127.127.28.2 refid PPS
> >> ##fudge 127.127.28.1 flag1 1
> >> refclock shm unit 1 minpoll4 maxpoll 4 refid PPS flag4 1 prefer
> >>
> >> # GPS Serial data reference (NTP0)
> >> #server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4
> >> #fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 0.9999 refid GPS
> >> refclock shm unit 0 time1 -0.0900 refid GPS flag4 1 noselect
> >>
> >> #MFA aggiunto il 30/09/2019
> >> #server 127.127.43.0     # standard Linux RTC
> >>
> >> #Log
> >> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> >>
> >> statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Massimiliano
> >>
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