Issues with apt-get, NTPD timesync with DietPi

[k-plan]

Hi ptrinh1979,

- what text editor is available in DietPi by default?

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nano

[antalattila]

Same here.

I discovered minimum two issues here. the config file entry is not correct and at boot time is not working.

To fix the config file is quite easy. Pease do:

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nano /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf

correct the entry server=.. to FallbackNTP=.. and done.

At boot time you will have the issue but it will fix the time at the next hour or if you run the following command manually:

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systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd

[Joulinar]

Hi,

you reacted on a 2 years old entry. Not sure if there is any relation to your issue.

usually your config file should looks like this:

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root@DietPi3:~# cat /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
[Time]
Servers=0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org
root@DietPi3:~#

next to this, the time server can be changed using dietpi-config tool.
and yes, during boot systemd-timesyncd is executed already and will update your system time. To check you can do the following after reboot

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journalctl -u systemd-timesyncd.service
systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service

if system time is not updated during boot, something seems to be wrong on your device.