On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
In that case, something like this would just work better: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12708 You can find them cheaper elsewhere.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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/CAOCHtYgeFJMvE6EZkMVCx%2Bw8ZrZ9G1%3DOimRJnuw-Qcy5YE8DYQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
