*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1848309 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848309
Confirming this is related to bug #1848309 except in this case was caused by VBoxService. $ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf Active: inactive (dead) Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2020-01-06 22:27:32 AEDT; 4min 17s ago └─ ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8) Jan 04 17:09:56 ubuntu systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Network Time Synchronization being skipped. After purging virtualbox-guest-utils and virtualbox-6.0, ntp sync was successful: $ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-01-07 10:59:06 AEDT; 4min 14s ago Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8) Main PID: 10499 (systemd-timesyn) Status: "Synchronized to time server for the first time [2001:67c:1560:8003::c7]:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)." Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) Memory: 1.7M CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service └─10499 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd Jan 07 10:59:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization... Jan 07 10:59:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization. Jan 07 11:03:17 ubuntu systemd-timesyncd[10499]: Synchronized to time server for the first time [2001:67c:1560:8003::c7]:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com). ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1848309 "Automatic Date & Time" doesn't reflect the service status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1858095 Title: 'Automatic Date and Time' automatically disabled when trying to enable Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When enabling the "Automatic DateTime" in the gnome control center, it instantly turns off. The following is reported in syslog: Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:4: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket → /run/dbus/system_bus_socket; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket:5: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/docker.sock → /run/docker.sock; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/smbd.service:9: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/samba/smbd.pid → /run/samba/smbd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service:9: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid → /run/samba/nmbd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting resolvconf-pull-resolved.service... Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: resolvconf-pull-resolved.service: Succeeded. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started resolvconf-pull-resolved.service. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Network Time Synchronization being skipped. Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd-timedated[10725]: Set NTP to enabled Jan 2 12:10:58 ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:4: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket → /run/dbus/system_bus_socket; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket:5: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/docker.sock → /run/docker.sock; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/smbd.service:9: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/samba/smbd.pid → /run/samba/smbd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service:9: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid → /run/samba/nmbd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting resolvconf-pull-resolved.service... Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: resolvconf-pull-resolved.service: Succeeded. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started resolvconf-pull-resolved.service. Jan 2 12:10:59 ubuntu systemd-timedated[10725]: Set NTP to disabled Jan 2 12:11:03 ubuntu xdg-desktop-por[3204]: Failed to get application states: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed: Could not get window list: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: App introspection not allowed $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.10 Release: 19.10 $ apt-cache policy gnome-control-center gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1858095/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp