Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > I run a headless BBB on my boat. I need it to have the right time so > > that information it sends is correctly time stamped. > > > > How can I get it to power up with the right time and date? I have > > installed ntp/ntpd to keep the time correct once up and running but it > > doesn't initialise the time and date. What's the way to do this? > > Debian Wheezy or Jessie? > It's Wheezy.
> In wheezy, setup a job to run at startup, check for connection and > just run "ntpdate pool.ntp.org" > OK, thanks, that seems straightforward. > In Jessie, there's a systemd > > sudo systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service || true > > both cases rely on a active internet connection... > Of course, yes. If the internet isn't reliable is it worth running 'ntpdate' at intervals using cron so that if there isn't a connection at startup it will get set when the internet does appear? -- Chris Green ยท -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/3kuaid-j04.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
