whonix clock issues after recent updates

[qubesissues]

Qubes OS version:

4.0 Release Candidate updated (all Qubes and dom0) on 24 May 2018

Affected component(s):

sys-whonix and other NetVMs based on whonix-gw

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Update all VMs and dom0 as of 24 May 2018
• Create and use a VM that depends on sys-whonix

Expected behavior:

The netVM (ex - sys-whonix) will start up without error and provide TOR networking.

Actual behavior:

Two things happen:

First you will get a popup from the netVM (ex sys-whonix) that has this error:

ERROR: Systemd Clock Check Result:
Unexpected results by timedatectl.
timedatectl_output_pretty:
Local time: Sat 2018-05-26 05:21:12 UTC
Universal time: Sat 2018-05-26 05:21:12 UTC
RTC time: n/a
Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +0000)
NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: n/a
It is generally recommended to keep the default as per Whonix Design. [1] If you did not change timezone related settings, please report this Whonix bug. If you know what you are doing and changed this on purpose, feel free to disable this check. [2]

[1] https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Design-Shared#timezone
[2] Create a file /etc/whonix.d/50_whonixcheck_user and add:
whonixcheck_skip_functions+=" check_systemd_clock "

Second you will lose networking through this netVM (ex sys-whonix) after about 10 minutes.

General notes:

My dom0 time is set to UTC. It has been set to UTC always and I only have this error after upgrading on 24 May 2018.

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Related issues:

[esote]

I am getting this exact same error. The error also prevents the rest of the WhonixCheck, however I have (so far) not experienced it losing network after about 10 minutes.

[esote]

I am getting this exact same error. The error also prevents the rest of the WhonixCheck, however I have (so far) not experienced it losing network after about 10 minutes.

[marmarek]

Duplicate of #3469

[marmarek]

Duplicate of #3469

[qubesissues]

@marmarek @andrewdavidwong Is this a duplicate? On my system this issue began only on a very recent update. The other issue was reported in January.

[qubesissues]

@marmarek @andrewdavidwong Is this a duplicate? On my system this issue began only on a very recent update. The other issue was reported in January.

[andrewdavidwong]

@adrelanos, can you confirm whether this is a duplicate of #3469?

[andrewdavidwong]

@adrelanos, can you confirm whether this is a duplicate of #3469?

[marcialvieira]

This is happening to me too, this is what was updated in my whonix-gw when it occurred.

Start-Date: 2018-05-29  05:34:19
Commandline: /usr/bin/apt-get.anondist-orig -V dist-upgrade
Install: dconf-cli:amd64 (0.22.0-1, automatic)
Upgrade: procps:amd64 (3.3.9-9, 3.3.9-9+deb8u1), libxen-4.8:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), libxen-lowlevel1.0:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), libxenstore3.0:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), libprocps3:amd64 (3.3.9-9, 3.3.9-9+deb8u1), xenstore-utils:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), xdg-utils:amd64 (1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4, 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-networking:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), xen-utils-common:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-qrexec:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1)
End-Date: 2018-05-29  05:34:59

[marcialvieira]

This is happening to me too, this is what was updated in my whonix-gw when it occurred.

Start-Date: 2018-05-29  05:34:19
Commandline: /usr/bin/apt-get.anondist-orig -V dist-upgrade
Install: dconf-cli:amd64 (0.22.0-1, automatic)
Upgrade: procps:amd64 (3.3.9-9, 3.3.9-9+deb8u1), libxen-4.8:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), libxen-lowlevel1.0:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), libxenstore3.0:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), libprocps3:amd64 (3.3.9-9, 3.3.9-9+deb8u1), xenstore-utils:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), xdg-utils:amd64 (1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4, 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-networking:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), xen-utils-common:amd64 (4.8.3-4+deb8u1, 4.8.3-7+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1), qubes-core-agent-qrexec:amd64 (4.0.24-1+deb8u1, 4.0.28-1+deb8u1)
End-Date: 2018-05-29  05:34:59

[adrelanos]

Doesn't happen in Whonix 14.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_13_to_Whonix_14

[adrelanos]

Doesn't happen in Whonix 14.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_13_to_Whonix_14

[marcialvieira]

Thank you @adrelanos, using Whonix 14 I get no alerts.

[marcialvieira]

Thank you @adrelanos, using Whonix 14 I get no alerts.