Description of problem: After installation of F18 Alpha RC3 I wanted to set up time synchronization over network. After clicking on "synchronize date and time over the network" and clicking on "Finish", error popped up with "Couldn't write either /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/sysconfig/network. Configuration unchanged.". I don't know if it matters, but the machine was offline. How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install F18 Alpha RC3 2. Reboot 3. Go to "Date and time" screen 4. Check "Synchronize date and time over the network" Actual results: Error pops up. Expected results: It should work.
I can confirm this as well. My system was network connected I think (it was a VM)
Changed from suggesting a beta blocker to a nice to have. As it doesn't seem to directly infringe on the release criteria, however would be nice to have fixed.
*** Bug 859498 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I ran into this as well. Once I installed the ntp package (which created /etc/ntp.conf) and touched /etc/sysconfig/network, system-config-date was willing to play ball. (All it wanted to write to the latter file was "NTPSERVERARGS=iburst".)
I could not reproduce this bug with the F18-Beta-TC3 Gnome and KDE Live CDs. Details are in Bug 856090, Comment 9. After installing: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network # Generated by anaconda NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain NTPSERVERARGS=iburst /etc/chrony.conf exists. /etc/ntp.conf does not. NB: chrony replaced NTP as of F16: "3.8.2. Chrony" "Fedora 16 uses Chrony as the default Network Time Protocol (NTP) client." http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#id2975208
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: ... > ... error popped up with "Couldn't write either > /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/sysconfig/network. Configuration unchanged.". ... Bug 858636 has a screenshot showing this message. A dupe?
Discussed at 2012-10-11 NTH review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-qa/2012-10-11/f18beta-blocker-review-3.1.2012-10-11-16.04.log.txt . Rejected as NTH - network time sync isn't a very crucial function, and this can be fixed perfectly well with a post-release update, so there's no need to break freeze for it.
*** Bug 858636 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
system-config-date-1.10.1-1.fc18, python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16696/system-config-date-1.10.1-1.fc18,python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18
Package system-config-date-1.10.1-1.fc18, python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing system-config-date-1.10.1-1.fc18 python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16696/system-config-date-1.10.1-1.fc18,python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Package system-config-date-1.10.2-1.fc18, python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing system-config-date-1.10.2-1.fc18 python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16696/system-config-date-1.10.2-1.fc18,python-slip-0.2.21-1.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
I did't popped into this one in few recent TCs, so I assume that it's fixed.
The update is still in -testing. Please don't close yet.
This update was pushed to stable a while ago, closing.
system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc16
system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc17
system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc16, python-slip-0.2.24-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
system-config-date-1.10.5-1.fc17, python-slip-0.2.24-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.