Ntpd update running 100% on Pi3

[gaffa]

Hello,

Raspberry Pi 3

running 146 ntpd update is running for hours at 100%

see screenshot

any help would be appreciated

Garry

[Fourdee]

Hi Garry,

Thanks for the report, I believe there may be an issue with your configuration, I'd like to check your system and settings, please could you send us a bug report:
http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=499#p2184

In the mean time, you can terminate those processes, at any time, with:

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killall -w grep

Note to self:
- locale en.GB?
- dietpi.txt var for ntpd_update_mode= exist?

[gaffa]

Hi,

code 145a6736-1570-4b55-a4c5-09896c6499b7-0

many thanks, Garry

Hi Garry,

Thanks for the report, I believe there may be an issue with your configuration, I'd like to check your system and settings, please could you send us a bug report:
http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=499#p2184

In the mean time, you can terminate those processes, at any time, with:

Code: Select all

killall -w grep

Note to self:
- locale en.GB?
- dietpi.txt var for ntpd_update_mode= exist?

[Fourdee]

Hi,

code 145a6736-1570-4b55-a4c5-09896c6499b7-0

many thanks, Garry

Hi Garry,

Thanks.

Everything appears to be in order, also ran a test of your dietpi configuration on a system here, unable to replicate the 100% grep process.

I think the cron.daily may be the issue here, lets update those scripts, please run the following commands:

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		cp /DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.daily_dietpi /etc/cron.daily/dietpi
		chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/dietpi
		cp /DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.hourly_dietpi /etc/cron.hourly/dietpi
		chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/dietpi

Please give the system a reboot, then run the following command. Give it a few seconds, check htop and let us know if the 100% cpu returns:

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/DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.daily_dietpi

For reference, you should see an entry as below (when NTPD is updating time):

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[gaffa]

Hi,

just did what you requested:

Processes are normal and there is a correct entry in /var/log/ntpd.log

Thank you! Any idea what went wrong?

Kind regards,

Garry

Hi,

code 145a6736-1570-4b55-a4c5-09896c6499b7-0

many thanks, Garry

Hi Garry,

Thanks.

Everything appears to be in order, also ran a test of your dietpi configuration on a system here, unable to replicate the 100% grep process.

I think the cron.daily may be the issue here, lets update those scripts, please run the following commands:

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		cp /DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.daily_dietpi /etc/cron.daily/dietpi
		chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/dietpi
		cp /DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.hourly_dietpi /etc/cron.hourly/dietpi
		chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/dietpi

Please give the system a reboot, then run the following command. Give it a few seconds, check htop and let us know if the 100% cpu returns:

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/DietPi/dietpi/conf/cron.daily_dietpi

For reference, you should see an entry as below (when NTPD is updating time):

Untitled.png

[Fourdee]

Thank you! Any idea what went wrong?

Excellent Gary,

Not 100%, but I believe the cron.daily file on your system may of been incorrect. We did patch this file a while back during update, it may not of successfully completed for an unknown reason.

Either way, keep an eye on it over the next few days, just encase it reoccurs, in which case we'll need to look at system stability and installed software as possible triggers.

[gaffa]

Hi,

unfortunately the problem has returned!

Any ideas, I really don't want to have to uninstall DietPi because of this!

Regards, Garry

[Fourdee]

Hi,

unfortunately the problem has returned!

Any ideas, I really don't want to have to uninstall DietPi because of this!

Regards, Garry

Hi Garry,

Something is throwing this out, could be related to installed software, although, not sure what that is yet.

To your knowledge, have you made any manual adjustments to the system, outside of all DietPi programs?
eg:
- manually installing software through apt, if so, which?
- Modifying crontab
- Manually editing any config files on system?

Also:
- Which PSU used?
- Which SD used?

[gaffa]

Hi,

I have only installed Mariadb by hand, I installed node red using dietpi-software, I have an official Pi3 PSU and am running off a USB stick from Sandisk.

Regards, Garry

Hi,

unfortunately the problem has returned!

Any ideas, I really don't want to have to uninstall DietPi because of this!

Regards, Garry

Hi Garry,

Something is throwing this out, could be related to installed software, although, not sure what that is yet.

To your knowledge, have you made any manual adjustments to the system, outside of all DietPi programs?
eg:
- manually installing software through apt, if so, which?
- Modifying crontab
- Manually editing any config files on system?

Also:
- Which PSU used?
- Which SD used?

[gaffa]

Hi,

I just tried:

ntpq -pn
ntpq: read: Connection refused

Any help?

Garry