https://teddit.net/r/Librem5/comments/kqeync/got_my_librem_5_today_had_to_workaround_a/
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I have had this issue with just Linux/Debian in general
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It had the same WIFI problem, due to time being set extremely far in the future. So this phone seems to have been in shipping/customs a long time ( that time settings problem was fixed and later phones were shipped without the problem).
I kinda expected Purism to have emailed those people by now, and let them know about that issue.
It might help putting somewhere in the docs/wikis that a simple
sudo timedatectl set-time HH:MM:SS
In a 24h format, being HH:MM:SS the current time of the person configuring it, would fix it.
Maybe only a temporary issue for phones that left Purism before this got addressed: WIFI Connection Errors
My phone came up saying that it was 2019, which is a bit random but didn’t stop WiFi connection once I allowed it to connect.
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Is a workaround for this to get on the network first via cellular (assuming that you have a SIM card inserted)?
So maybe the cellular gets an IP address via PPP (not DHCP)? NTP works? Fixes the time? Then WiFi will work?