Why is "auto_timezone" running every 10 seconds?

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Flint 3 running 4.8.4. Every 10 seconds /usr/bin/auto_timezone is being run, which appears to use an LTE modem to query NITZ from the (non-existent) modem. Why is it running when….

  1. I have TZ static
  2. I don’t have an LTE modem connected

I also found a modem_sim_status_monitor cron job that was running with the same frequency. I disabled the cron entry for it so it is no longer running.

Why are these jobs running with no modem connected? Seems like a waste of resources.

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Hi

Thank you for the report.

We have forwarded this issue to the development team to see whether it can be improved in a future firmware release.

For now, you can disable it by SSHing into the router and modifying the relevant files under:

/etc/gl_crontabs/crontabs.d/
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That’s the first thing I tried. I commented each line of the crontab out, as well as deleting the entire file. I also tried restarting the cron daemon. It looks like the process is no longer restarting after a nightly reboot.

There is also a script called modem_sim_status_monitor that is executing every 10 seconds as well. I was able to remedy this by commenting out the lines in the associated crontab for this. They may want to look at that as well.

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