1 (edited by zurk 2012-03-09 17:02:02)

Topic: Bug in time sync on infocast 8 / chumby 8 devices ?

So i was going through the bootup sequence for infocasts and chumby 8's and i just realized that unlike the chumby 1 / infocast 3.5 it fails to execute ntp on bootup.
which basically means the time will drift throughout the day.
i checked with a ps and there is no ntp server at all in the process list either.
is this an intentional oversight ? or is the firmware buggy ?

edit : i tried modifying my offline firmware to correct this bug and if i execute -
if true; then ( /bin/sleep 30; /usr/bin/ntpd  -g -x -f /psp/ntp.drift ) &  fi
on the infocasts command line it runs ntp normally. however if i put it in my debugchumby it fails. anyone know why ?

Re: Bug in time sync on infocast 8 / chumby 8 devices ?

never mind. i fixed this bug by dumping ntp in the crontab. its all good now for my offline firmware at least. any c8/i8s with regular firmware will still have this bug.