So use init. init scripts work fine along side systemd. Albeit boot times may be slightly slower. The package name you want is ntpdate, e.g.
*apt-get install ntpdate* You may also want to configure locales via . . . *dpkg-reconfigure locales* http://www.embeddedhobbyist.com/debian-tips/beaglebone-black/beaglebone-black-init-scripts-default-gatewayand-ntpdate/ On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Kevin Osborn <[email protected]> wrote: > On bootup, my BBB comes up with an always wrong date/time. Since it has > not battery, I understand this. > > So, I want the BBB to query NTP to get the correct date on bootup. I am > also running wireless, so it has to happen after the wireless connects. I > am confused on how to accomplish this with the current Debian and systemd. > Previous instructions say to just install ntp. But this doesn't appear to > do anything. I do see timedated and time-sync, but I am unsure if those are > what I want or how to configure them. > > If I run ntpdate manually, it works fine. I also see that cron.daily is > also set to run ntpdate. In the syslog, I also see two calls to set system > time from two different IP addresses. Those times are off by years. If I > run ntpdate against those IP addresses, it runs fine. > > Other documentation talks about ntpdate.service or timedatectl (coming in > Jessie?), but that doesn't exist here. > > I also tried setting /etc/adjtime to LOCAL instead of UTC. I do actually > want local time. I also linked /etc/localtime to > /use/share/.../America/Los_Angeles. > > Mostly I am just trying to figure out how to get started here. I am > unfortunately rather unfamiliar with systemd. Thanks. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
