Public bug reported:
Kubuntu -19.10 (though I believe the problem also exists on prior
versions)
Time synchronization not working:
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greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system$ timedatectl status
Local time: Sat 2019-11-30 08:21:57 PST
Universal time: Sat 2019-11-30 16:21:57 UTC
RTC time: Sat 2019-11-30 16:21:57
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (PST, -0800)
System clock synchronized: no
NTP service: inactive
RTC in local TZ: no
greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system$ sudo systemctl status
systemd-timesyncd.service
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2019-11-30 08:21:28 PST; 2min 0s ago
Condition: start condition failed at Sat 2019-11-30 08:23:15 PST; 12s ago
└─ ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 813 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Status: "Shutting down..."
Nov 30 07:29:50 Crynfyd systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Nov 30 07:29:51 Crynfyd systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
Nov 30 07:30:21 Crynfyd systemd-timesyncd[813]: Synchronized to time server for
the first time 91.189.
Nov 30 08:21:28 Crynfyd systemd[1]: Stopping Network Time Synchronization...
Nov 30 08:21:28 Crynfyd systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Succeeded.
Nov 30 08:21:28 Crynfyd systemd[1]: Stopped Network Time Synchronization.
Nov 30 08:23:15 Crynfyd systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Network Time
Synchronization being ski
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The problem has to do with the file
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf;
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greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d$ cat
disable-with-time-daemon.conf
[Unit]
# don't run timesyncd if we have another NTP daemon installed
ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/ntpd
ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/openntpd
ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/chronyd
ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService
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I do have virtualbox installed, but not running, so VBoxService is not running.
This means that although the binary is there, it is not providing time sync
services, so the system is not time syncing. If I remove the line
"ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService" from the file and restart,
all is well:
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greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d$ sudo
systemctl daemon-reload
greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d$ sudo
systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd.service
greenman@Crynfyd19.10 /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d$
timedatectl status
Local time: Sat 2019-11-30 08:29:43 PST
Universal time: Sat 2019-11-30 16:29:43 UTC
RTC time: Sat 2019-11-30 16:29:43
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (PST, -0800)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
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So instead of testing just for the existence of the binary, which is
resulting in no time sync service, what it probably should do is check
for a running process, and allow the service to start if no other time
syncing service is running.
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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