Re: [chrony-users] Can't synchronise: no majority

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> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:22 AM, Niko Delarich <ndelarich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we use chrony 3.5 in an embedded network device (Linux 4.4.122 armv7l).
> In some of our customers installations we've noticed that chrony is sometimes unable to synchronize correctly if the two configured NTP servers don't agree on a time (i.e. the source intervals don't overlap).
> 
> ...

> After comparing the source intervals, the "Can't synchronise: no majority" message is emitted if the two servers don't agree on a time.
> ...

> Or is there maybe a configuration option I'm missing? Setting one of the sources to "trusted" manually is most likely not an option for us since the servers may be assigned by a DHCP server.

I have seen this happen over the years using chrony as well ... adding a third source (or more) is the solution I used.

Lonnie


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