ntpdate doesn't work by default in karmic

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Usually, "no servers can be used" means either there are no accessible NTP servers to be polled, or that NTP is running. But you did not give us enough information to determine what actually happened. Consider collecting more data, including package version and logs next time you open a bug.

Meanwhile: can you please:
1. run 'sudo ntpdate -v'? This will give us the programme version, and (perhaps) additional debug data;
2. verify if the NTP daemon is running: 'ps aux | grep ntp'
3. try to run 'ntpdate' by giving it a server to query: 'sudo ntpdate -v poolntp.org'
4. run 'grep ntp /var/log/*'

And give us all output.

Thank you,

Er. Correction on #3 above: 'sudo ntpdate -v pool.ntp.org', sorry for the typo. Also, add in here the contents of /etc/default/ntpdate. Thank you.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!