GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 350367
adding a time server and not selecting it removes it from the checklist on future runs
Last modified: 2012-11-24 20:28:54 UTC
This bug was originally reported here: https://launchpad.net/bugs/55582 "1.Open"control panel/time and date"; 2.Choose periodically synchronize clock with Internet servers; 3.Click on select servers button,display time servers dialog box; 4.Type a time server,click on add button,click on close button, click on OK; 5.Reopen time and date,click on select servers button,the added time server doesn't exist." Also if you add a time server, enable it and quit time-admin, then when you disable that time server in the future it will not be in the list at all on subsequent runs.
I can confirm this issue with version 2.21.92 of gnome-system-tools on Ubuntu Hardy. The only difference is that the newly added ntp server is selected by default, lessing the issue. Yet, if the server is deselected, it will no longer appear in the list next time time-admin is run.
We need to add some way for the backends to save inactive NTP servers in the config file, maybe commenting then out.
According to its developer(s), gnome-system-tools is not under active development anymore. Functionality has been mostly integrated into GNOME Control Center / "[System] Settings". It is unlikely that there will be any further active development. Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping - Please feel free to reopen this bug report in the future if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.