Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.0) OS: Linux In System Settings -> Date & Time when I check the checkbox to automatically set the time and authenticate myself as root, I get an error message: "Unable to contact time server: ." even though a server is selected in the dropdown menu. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: System Settings -> Date & Time -> Check "Set date and time automatically" -> Apply -> Authenticate -> Error Actual Results: An error message is displayed: Unable to contact time server: . Expected Results: No error messages displayed.
You probably need to install the ntpdate or rdate tools. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 219035 ***