Does anyone happen to know how can I set the timezone for S5 ? It seems Bitmain cut this functionality comparing to S3.
I've been looking into how to set the time correctly on my S5, and in the process discovered a few details about time zones on Angstrom linux which they are using. By default, a basic Angstrom image doesn't include data specifying time zones, so will default to UTC time. To specify a time zone:
Install the timezone data package:
Look in /usr/share/zoneinfo to find the appropriate zone
create a symbolic link to this file from /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney /etc/localtime
restart
With the correct timezone set, you can now use NTP to automatically set the correct date and time:
opkg install ntpdate
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
The interesting thing is that neither of these commands worked in S5 console.
1. tzdata package does not exist in 'opkg list' at all
2. location /etc/localtime does not exist
3. ntpdate pool.ntp.org gives 'the NTP socket is in use, exiting' on execute
Any ideas ?