Mist: 0.9.3 Time not synced - Linux Fail

[pingram3541]

Not all distros use "ntp" service, please fix this.

xxxxxxx@kali:~/# timedatectl status
    Local time: Tue 2017-12-19 14:14:17 PST
    Universal time: Tue 2017-12-19 22:14:17 UTC
    RTC time: Tue 2017-12-19 22:14:18
    Time zone: America/Tijuana (PST, -0800)
    System clock synchronized: yes
    systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
    RTC in local TZ: no

[evertonfraga]

Hi @pingram3541,

Mist has to perform this check so that Geth doesn't "silently fail" when the clock is not adjusted (it's their requirement). We've created a temporary flag to run on systems that do not rely on NTP.

Run mist with --skiptimesynccheckto bypass the check.

[pingram3541]

In light of trying to keep things positive here, thank you for the "temporary" flag and I understand why the check is there, just not so much with the how.

The fact of the matter is, my system's clock is not out of sync, it already uses a form of ntp service to sync and and I don't have this problem with any other wallets. Maybe this should be revisited, just saying.

[jacksenechal]

This issue is similar to https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/583. I'm experiencing the same thing when I try to run mist on Arch.

I've submitted a PR to update the os-timesync node module that mist uses to detect whether the time is synced.

CC @alexvandesande @luclu

[evertonfraga]

@jacksenechal thanks for the contribution there. I'm following it and will update it asap on Mist.

[evertonfraga]

Thanks for your contribution @jacksenechal. It'll be in the next Mist version.

[evertonfraga]

It is now live! please update :)