Time drifting when set to update Automatically from Internet
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ntp (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
On Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, in System Settings > Time & Date, when the time is set to update Automatically from Internet it syncs once but then drifts out over a period of days.
In Syslog I can see that ntpdate is called on boot but is never called again.
I have seen suggestions that it should re-sync if the DHCP lease is renewed, but as I have fixed IP address then the lease is not being renewed.
I expected to see ntpdate called from cron.daily (or similar) but it does not appear to be there.
I seem to remember on an older version of Ubuntu that ntp was automatically installed when I selected update from internet, but this did not happen on this occasion.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 11 09:17:41 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_
activity-
deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu4
gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5
indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2
Changed in ntp (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Thank you for your bug report. gnome-control- center is only providing a configuration UI, the actual behaviour is from ntpdate, it should sync every time you connect