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youxing	2010-02-09 , 17:38
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Originally Posted by vinc17

When running ntpd directly as suggested, this doesn't work either on my N900. I get the error message "fatal: stat: No such file or directory" in /var/log/syslog. However "/etc/init.d/openntpd start" works.

Thats great! I created a shell script:

Code:

# Start openntpd
/etc/init.d/openntpd start

# Run ntpd in foreground (not as daemon)
ntpd -d

Step by step instructions:

You need rootsh installed from Extras repository and the openntpd package from Extras-Testing to do this. Please remember to always be very careful when running stuff as root as this may damage your device if you don't know what you are doing!

1. Download the attachment ntpd.sh.txt to your N900 directory. (Which means just don't put it into any folder.) You should see this file when you open the file manager and then tap on "N900".

2. Open XTerminal and type

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /usr/sbin/

cp /home/user/MyDocs/ntpd.sh.txt ntpd.sh

chmod 755 ntpd.sh

3. You should be all set! Everytime you'd like to synchronize the time on your N900, open up XTerminal and type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

ntpd.sh

After you see that the time is set (it usually takes around 30 seconds), you have to manually terminate the process by pressing Ctrl+C twice.

I hope this works for you all!

Have fun syncing your clocks!

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Last edited by youxing; 2010-02-09 at 17:41.

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