[ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.8p10 released

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca
Sun Mar 26 05:11:17 UTC 2017


On 2017-03-25 22:57, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2017-03-25 16:09, Dan Gearty wrote:
>> I have been using the loopback driver on Windows 10.
>> It had been running OK in older versions up to 4.2.8p9.
>> Now in 4.2.8p10 it appears that junk characters are appended to the
>> driver name when it is called. The junk characters are different each
>> time NTP is restarted.
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: load_pps_provider: 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll???????nY?': The specified module
>> could not be found
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: time_pps_create: load failed (C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll???????nY?) --> 2 / No such file
>> or directory
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: load_pps_provider: 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\??h?l?': The specified module could not be found
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: time_pps_create: load failed (C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\??h?l?) --> 2 / No such file or directory
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: load_pps_provider: 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\A': The specified module could not be found
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: time_pps_create: load failed (C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\NTP\bin\A) --> 2 / No such file or directory
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: time_pps_create: no providers available
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: refclock_ppsapi: time_pps_create: Exec format
>> error
>> 25 Mar 16:57:32 ntpd[14436]: GPS_NMEA(4) flag1 1 but PPSAPI fails
> 
> Have you defined the System (HKLM) environment variable PPSAPI_DLLS to 
> point to C:\Program Files (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll?
> 
> Win-Break/Advanced system settings/Advanced tab/Environment Variables... button/
> /System variables pane/New.../New System Variable dialogue:
> Variable name:  PPSAPI_DLLS
> Variable value: C:\Program Files (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll
> 
> reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /f PPSAPI_DLLS
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
>     PPSAPI_DLLS    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll
> End of search: 1 match(es) found.

Of course that command line wrapped at the most ambiguous place:

cmd > reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" ^<ENTER>
More?  /f PPSAPI_DLLS<ENTER>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
    PPSAPI_DLLS    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files (x86)\NTP\bin\loopback-ppsapi-provider.dll

End of search: 1 match(es) found.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


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