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Date & Time KDE control module

2013-12-01
2013-12-01
  • Michal Kvasnicka

    The "Set date and time automaticaly" is always dimmed on my ThinkPad T410 with wifi networking.

     
    • Euan Thoms

      Euan Thoms - 2013-12-01

      I noticed this before, but it didn't bother me, since in a corporate environment I'd prefer if users didn't change it. They should only need to change timezone.

      It's not a bug, you just need to install "ntpdate" and it will not be greyed out.

       

      Last edit: Euan Thoms 2013-12-01
  • Euan Thoms

    Euan Thoms - 2013-12-01

    With Kwheezy ntp service is installed and running by default. Therefore the KDE "set date and time automatically" is redundant. I haven't tested whether they will compete with each other (ntp, ntpdate). Probably shouldn't be a problem, but still it seems redundant. Also, if ntp and ntpdate is installed, and the KDE setting is not ticked, it may be confusing. Since the ntp will always update time and date anyway.

     

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