NTP failing to adjust the system time

Hi,

using Suse 10.1 on a 64Bit System ( Athlon 3000+ ) I tried to make use of
the NTP service but it does not work. If I launch the respective YAST
module to configure NTP I can select an NTP server and test it
successfully. Doing so the screen gets dark and comes back only if I strike
a key on my keyboard or if I move the mouse. The system time gets adjusted
but after rebooting the system time it is exxtremely wrong (> 1 hour )

The protokoll shows the following entries:
"12 Jul 19:18:32 ntpd[3156]: parent died before we finished, exiting
13 Jul 19:38:20 ntpd[2994]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:38:22 ntpd[2994]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:44:17 ntpd[2993]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 19:44:17 ntpd[2994]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 18:36:08 ntpd[3502]: synchronized to 129.69.1.153, stratum 1
13 Jul 18:36:08 ntpd[3502]: kernel time sync disabled 0041
13 Jul 18:37:14 ntpd[3502]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
13 Jul 18:58:34 ntpd[3502]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 19:00:48 ntpd[3158]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:00:50 ntpd[3158]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:09:00 ntpd[3157]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 19:09:06 ntpd[3158]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 19:14:34 ntpd[2998]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:14:36 ntpd[2998]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 19:17:59 ntpd[2997]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 19:18:06 ntpd[2998]: parent died before we finished, exiting
13 Jul 23:07:47 ntpd[3168]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 23:07:49 ntpd[3168]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 23:08:27 ntpd[3165]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 23:08:49 ntpd[3168]: parent died before we finished, exiting
13 Jul 23:10:44 ntpd[2989]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 23:10:46 ntpd[2989]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
13 Jul 23:15:37 ntpd[2988]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Jul 23:15:46 ntpd[2989]: parent died before we finished, exiting
13 Jul 23:34:35 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:34:38 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:34:39 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:35:39 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:35:42 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:35:43 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:36:45 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:36:46 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:36:49 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:37:49 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:37:51 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:37:53 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:38:52 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:38:57 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:38:57 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:39:58 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:40:03 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:40:03 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:41:02 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:41:06 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:41:09 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:42:07 ntpd[17721]: sendto(130.149.17.21): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:42:10 ntpd[17721]: sendto(141.82.30.251): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:42:14 ntpd[17721]: sendto(129.69.1.153): Invalid argument
13 Jul 23:42:41 ntpd[17721]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
14 Jul 08:30:41 ntpd[3154]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
14 Jul 08:30:43 ntpd[3154]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
14 Jul 08:36:35 ntpd[3153]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
14 Jul 08:36:43 ntpd[3154]: parent died before we finished, exiting
15 Jul 11:20:36 ntpd[3137]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
15 Jul 11:20:38 ntpd[3137]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
15 Jul 11:49:01 ntpd[3131]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Jul 11:49:09 ntpd[3137]: parent died before we finished, exiting
15 Jul 20:52:59 ntpd[3157]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
15 Jul 20:53:01 ntpd[3157]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
15 Jul 20:56:47 ntpd[3156]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Jul 19:45:41 ntpd[3157]: parent died before we finished, exiting
15 Jul 19:48:58 ntpd[5193]: synchronized to 141.82.30.251, stratum 2
15 Jul 19:48:58 ntpd[5193]: kernel time sync disabled 0041
15 Jul 19:49:00 ntpd[5193]: synchronized to 129.69.1.153, stratum 1
15 Jul 19:50:03 ntpd[5193]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
15 Jul 20:16:12 ntpd[5193]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
16 Jul 07:31:28 ntpd[3170]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
16 Jul 07:31:30 ntpd[3170]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
16 Jul 09:49:00 ntpd[3169]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
16 Jul 09:49:11 ntpd[3170]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
16 Jul 22:38:02 ntpd[3168]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
16 Jul 22:38:04 ntpd[3168]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
16 Jul 22:49:21 ntpd[3165]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
16 Jul 22:11:37 ntpd[3168]: parent died before we finished, exiting
17 Jul 20:23:47 ntpd[3166]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
17 Jul 20:23:50 ntpd[3166]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
17 Jul 20:31:16 ntpd[3165]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
17 Jul 20:31:20 ntpd[3166]: parent died before we finished, exiting
18 Jul 19:45:33 ntpd[3201]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
18 Jul 19:45:35 ntpd[3201]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
18 Jul 22:16:22 ntpd[3200]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
18 Jul 21:05:08 ntpd[3201]: parent died before we finished, exiting
18 Jul 22:47:05 ntpd[3122]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
18 Jul 22:47:07 ntpd[3122]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
18 Jul 23:44:44 ntpd[3121]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
18 Jul 23:45:02 ntpd[3122]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
19 Jul 20:22:30 ntpd[3157]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
19 Jul 20:22:32 ntpd[3157]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
19 Jul 21:21:16 ntpd[3156]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
19 Jul 21:21:29 ntpd[3157]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Jul 19:53:35 ntpd[3181]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
20 Jul 19:53:37 ntpd[3181]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
20 Jul 20:44:46 ntpd[3180]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Jul 20:45:06 ntpd[3181]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Jul 21:36:03 ntpd[3234]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
20 Jul 21:36:05 ntpd[3234]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 4000000
20 Jul 22:14:02 ntpd[3233]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Jul 22:14:05 ntpd[3234]: parent died before we finished, exiting
21 Jul 06:55:52 ntpd[3158]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000"

It should be mentioned that
- I am alwys online
- the NTP daemon fails on other HW and with older versions of Suse (e.g.
10.0) , too.

Who can help an advice?

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