ntp ports always seem busy

[phunni]

I've set up ntp so it uses a couple of servers to keep my pc time accurate via ntpd

 

I've been wondering recently how accurate it is since it seems different to most of the clocks in my house. So I ran ntpdate <various uk servers> to see what would happen. Without exception (apart from a few not founds) I got the following result:

 

the NTP socket is in use, exiting

 

I also tried the servers in my ntp.conf with the same results.

 

What has happened to all the uk ntp servers? Or is something wrong with my setup?

 

For reference my ntp.conf is as follows:

 

server tick.tanac.net
server ntp2c.mcc.ac.uk
server ntp1.uk.uu.net
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 
logfile=/etc/ntp/log