http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 User fdan52@comcast.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c1 Frank Daniel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium --- Comment #1 from Frank Daniel 2009-08-03 14:20:19 MDT --- Let me back up. The problem does not always effect the system's RTC. Presently the offset has been seven hours. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 User fdan52@comcast.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c3 Frank Daniel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P2 - High |P1 - Urgent Severity|Major |Critical --- Comment #3 from Frank Daniel 2009-09-06 13:19:22 MDT --- This problem apparently has existed in 11.0. Please look into time server sync and looking at the system real time clock access. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 User fdan52@comcast.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c5 --- Comment #5 from Frank Daniel 2009-09-07 15:09:00 MDT --- I should keep fussing with the priorities as long as I have not seen any forward action or comment on the bug. Changing the priority is as industry standard in this cases based on my experience working in silicone valley. You see no action, you raise the stakes. Actually, I will keep mucking with the priorities on occasion until I see some positive corrective action. BTW What I don't understand is, this is the same bug was reported on an earlier version of the software (11.0) ALSO I have been in Q.A for all aspects of manufacturing and software development for more years than you have been coding. I have a deep disrespect for engineers that try is "skate" through their responsibilities Frank P.S. You want my credentials ... Ask your friends at SUN Microsystems who work on the CPAS and Bugtraq II projects! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 User fdan52@comcast.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c7 --- Comment #7 from Frank Daniel 2009-09-17 10:54:22 MDT --- After tracking the boot and initialization process, It appears that program (OS) RTC may take up to 2 minutes to sync with the time server or system clock. Assuming that this has been looked for the last two versions and a fix will be put into place in 11.2, This bug can be closed. Frank -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c Petr Uzel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group|novellonly | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c12 Frank Daniel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED InfoProvider|fdan52@comcast.net | Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED InfoProvider|fdan52@comcast.net | --- Comment #12 from Frank Daniel 2011-06-29 23:15:02 UTC --- No it is not clean in 11.4. I noticed the problem again after installations. Sometimes I correct it at boot time, sometimes while in SuSE and sometimes while I am using Windows 7. I have multiple disc sets, each with a different OS. I do not use NTP at the moment. Frank --- Comment #13 from Frank Daniel 2011-06-29 23:15:03 UTC --- No it is not clean in 11.4. I noticed the problem again after installations. Sometimes I correct it at boot time, sometimes while in SuSE and sometimes while I am using Windows 7. I have multiple disc sets, each with a different OS. I do not use NTP at the moment. Frank -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c14 Chuck Taylor changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |chucktr@trcompu.com --- Comment #14 from Chuck Taylor 2012-07-22 00:12:24 UTC --- This "Bug" is also appearing in openSuSE 12.2 RC1. On every boot-up our clock is off by 7 hours. It has the correct time zone -and- depending on the time of day, it may or may not have the correct date. Yep. We have a Triple Boot System. Windows, openSuSE 11.4 and openSuSE 12.2. However, unlike the other individual we do not have time problems in openSuSE 11.4 --- only in 12.2. Since this is not closed we just added our "problem" to it rather than open another bug. Thanks, Chuck -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c16 Petr Uzel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |chucktr@trcompu.com --- Comment #16 from Petr Uzel 2012-07-26 12:24:00 UTC --- Thanks for the hints, Carlos. Chuck/Frank: could you report whether that procedure work for you? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c18 --- Comment #18 from Carlos Robinson 2012-07-26 18:43:38 UTC --- (In reply to comment #17)

Ok. The problem is... for openSuSE 12.2 anyway...the /etc/adjtime file was set wrong. It contained:

0.0 0 0.0 0 UTC

where the last value was supposed to be LOCAL ... from our preferences in the installation.

I confirm that. Also, the variable HWCLOCK in /etc/sysconfig/clock does not exist. However, there is another setting, USE_ADJUST="no"; it appears that (in 12.2) adjtime should not be used at all when time is set to localtime, so the contents should be irrelevant. In this case, you should not have the shifting clock problem. I suggest that you verify in the bios the clock before booting 12.2, and if in the subsequent boot the clock is off by X hours, enter a new bugzilla for 12.2, as the problem is different than for the 11.1 reported here. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c20 Frank Daniel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P3 - Medium |P2 - High Status|NEEDINFO |REOPENED Version|Final |RC 2 InfoProvider|chucktr@trcompu.com | Component|Basesystem |Bootloader AssignedTo|puzel@suse.com |jsrain@suse.com Product|openSUSE 11.4 |openSUSE 12.2 Target Milestone|Final |RC 2 QAContact|qa-bugs@suse.de |jsrain@suse.com Severity|Normal |Major OS/Version|openSUSE 11.4 |openSUSE 12.2 --- Comment #20 from Frank Daniel 2012-08-31 04:24:49 UTC --- Here I am at 12.2... And I still get this problem. I have tried to correct the time within the OS, from boot: updating bios, and updating time in windows. Still!!!! I am confronted with this problem!!! Will someone in the 'BOOT' group fit it???? This appears seemly to be a problem for decades!! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c kk zhang changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kkzhang@suse.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |carlos.e.r@opensuse.org |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c23 --- Comment #23 from Frank Daniel 2012-09-04 02:41:12 UTC --- Please realign this bug to the correct group. The adjTime variable does not get probably set. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c24 --- Comment #24 from Frank Daniel 2012-09-04 02:45:23 UTC --- I reset the importance to critical since I did not see a correction. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c kk zhang changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |carlos.e.r@opensuse.org |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c27 Peter Linnell changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jsuchome@suse.com, | |plinnell@suse.com --- Comment #27 from Peter Linnell 2012-09-10 20:00:09 UTC --- Jiří - Can you take a look at this and see if it is fixable for 12.2 ? Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c28 Philipp Thomas changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pth@suse.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |puzel@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | --- Comment #28 from Philipp Thomas 2012-09-11 01:24:57 CEST --- The maintainer of the util-linux package is on vacation until September the 16th. There will have to an update to the package as several utilities are going to be maintained in util-linux. Among them is su, which has been dropped from recent coreutils. Petr told me he's going to work on the update when he returns. So please be patient a further week. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c Philipp Thomas changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target Milestone|RC 2 |Final Severity|Critical |Major -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c31 Frank Daniel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fdan52@comcast.net --- Comment #31 from Frank Daniel 2012-09-15 06:57:24 UTC --- Why am I still having problems??? I just got all the current software for a DVD distribution. I have a 64 bit environment. I have downloaded the correct OS. I couldn't set up the net settings during the installation (an on going bug). I set the correct time during the installation using the correct location (no UTC) for the US west coast (LA). After logging in to SuSE I correcting the net connection. I observed that the clock is incorrect. I tried to fix the time from the desktop and from YAST. Both times correcting the time and setting the sync with the network option. Still after booting, the time is off by seven hours -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c33 --- Comment #33 from Carlos Robinson 2012-09-15 10:14:31 UTC --- Frank, you changed the priority again; this will only piss people and not help you at all. The maintainer is on vacation, as told before, and when he comes back he will have his priorities. The only clear problem reported in several places is that (and only in oS 12.2) when the user selects "LOCAL" time he gets the line "UTC" in adjtime, or no adjtime at all. The cure for this has been reported in several places. Frank, have you applied it? If this is not your problem, then I most say that I have read again the entire report, and I fail to see a clear description of the problem - I only know that you have a problem with the clock, but not what exactly. Please report what are the exact symptoms, with data to support your observations, and on what openSUSE version. I might suggest, lacking a howto on bug reporting, you have a read here http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517959#c Petr Uzel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P1 - Urgent |P2 - High Status|REOPENED |ASSIGNED Severity|Critical |Major -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.