NTP service: inactive, enable chronyd on fresh installation.

[fastrizwaan]

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Describe the bug After installing Fedora Silverblue 38, chronyd is not enabled and started causing incorrect time.

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce Please describe the steps needed to reproduce the bug:

1. install silverblue
2. run timedatectl

   
   [rizvan@fedora ~]$ timedatectl 
              Local time: Wed 2023-04-26 01:32:20 IST
          Universal time: Tue 2023-04-25 20:02:20 UTC
                RTC time: Tue 2023-04-25 20:02:19
               Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)
   System clock synchronized: no
             NTP service: inactive
         RTC in local TZ: no
   [rizvan@fedora ~]$ systemctl status chronyd
   ○ chronyd.service - NTP client/server
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
   Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
            └─10-timeout-abort.conf
    Active: inactive (dead)
      Docs: man:chronyd(8)
            man:chrony.conf(5)

**Expected behavior**
chronyd should be enabled, and running for a working NTP service.

systemctl enable chronyd systemctl start chronyd

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**OS version:**

[rizvan@fedora ~]$ rpm-ostree status -b State: idle BootedDeployment: ● fedora:fedora/38/x86_64/silverblue Version: 38.20230425.0 (2023-04-25T00:47:58Z) BaseCommit: f733a30d464592886dadc042feba41e0edbafb53abea2b1f8a4fabc8b30249bb GPGSignature: Valid signature by 6A51BBABBA3D5467B6171221809A8D7CEB10B464 RemovedBasePackages: firefox firefox-langpacks 112.0.1-1.fc38 libavfilter-free libavformat-free libpostproc-free libswresample-free libavutil-free libavcodec-free libswscale-free 6.0-4.fc38 LayeredPackages: encfs ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer gnome-tweaks gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 langpacks-en mozilla-openh264 VirtualBox LocalPackages: rpmfusion-free-release-38-1.noarch rpmfusion-nonfree-release-38-1.noarch

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[ghost]

Do these command have fixed the problem or does it reappear ? systemctl enable chronyd systemctl start chronyd

It's simply to let know the one who will hunt the bug where to search.

[fastrizwaan]

Do these command have fixed the problem or does it reappear ? systemctl enable chronyd systemctl start chronyd

It's simply to let know the one who will hunt the bug where to search.

Yes. The commands fixes the issue instantly. Even in RHEL 9.1, chronyd is disabled by default, I have to enable and start it to set time using ntp.

[travier]

I just did a fresh installation of Fedora Silverblue 40, making sure to keep the network time option enabled in the installation process and chronyd is enabled on the installed system.