time-admin doesn't recognize systemd-timesyncd

[billyswong]

Expected behaviour

If systemd-timesyncd is active and running, time-admin the GUI should show the computer time being synchronized with the internet

Actual behaviour / Steps to reproduce the behaviour

The GUI assumes the time is configured manually. Users can edit the system time in the GUI - which then got reset by the synchronization service

MATE general version

MATE 1.26

Package version

Linux Distribution

Linux Mint 21.3 MATE

Link to bugreport of your Distribution (requirement)

linuxmint/linuxmint#644

[zhuyaliang]

#744

[billyswong]

@zhuyaliang Thanks to your link, I notice the time-admin in Linux Mint is not the same as mate-time-admin in Mate desktop repository. The situation of mate-time-admin is reverse of time-admin. It doesn't support ntpd. Linux Mint 21.2 and before is still running ntpd, which the mate-time-admin program isn't recognizing it. It is just that Linux Mint shows time-admin instead of mate-time-admin entry in application menu / control center. So I never noticed.