Network time is grayed out

[Deadjasper]

In trying to troubleshoot this problem I managed to kill my internet connection and had to use Timeshift to get it back.

Below are a couple of screen shots that might provide a clue as to what the problem may be. TIA for any assistance you may offer.

 

[Nobu]

If your time is too far off, ntp will refuse to sync iirc. Manually set the time closer to the actual time, then try enabling it.

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

I would verify that ntpdate or systemd-timesyncd are running. Plus make sure that they are properly set to a preferred NTP pool like time.cloudflare.com or pool.ntp.org.

 

[Nobu]

Nvm, i see it seems set right now. See this answer on the askubuntu site:

https://askubuntu.com/a/1317803

 

[Deadjasper]

Feel like i'm pissing in the wind.

 

[Deadjasper]

Finally success. Thanks guys.

 

[Nobu]

Looks like systemd-timesyncd is not installed. Do you have another timesync service installed?

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

Unit is just a placeholder...

sudo systemctl <action like start, stop, restart, edit, enable, etc.> <option like --now, --full, etc.> <unit file like .service, .socket, .timer, .mount, .automount, etc>

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

Looks like systemd-timesyncd is not installed. Do you have another timesync service installed?

Looks like the ntp.service is it for him with whatever Debian-based distro he's using.

 

[Deadjasper]

Looks like the ntp.service is it for him with whatever Debian-based distro he's using.

Yep, that was the problem. I have no idea how it got uninstalled.

Actually Nobu was right also. it was installing systemd-timesyncd is what got it working. I had to also set ntp to cloudflare ntp server via the cli.