On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > I run a headless BBB on my boat. I need it to have the right time so > that information it sends is correctly time stamped. > > How can I get it to power up with the right time and date? I have > installed ntp/ntpd to keep the time correct once up and running but it > doesn't initialise the time and date. What's the way to do this?
Debian Wheezy or Jessie? In wheezy, setup a job to run at startup, check for connection and just run "ntpdate pool.ntp.org" In Jessie, there's a systemd sudo systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service || true both cases rely on a active internet connection... Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYh2mkaOGoseh5d8cs0kyQSPSYqb54%3DeK0NmaX0%3DsW-pTA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
