Bob S wrote:
On Tuesday 21 October 2008 04:40:36 am David C. Rankin wrote:
Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSe people,
Really strange.
Every time I reboot my computrer it loses 4 hours exactly. (I shut down every night and restart the folowing day) I can set the time exactly using an NTP server Running 10.3 64 bit and KDE3.
To test this, tonight wiith the exact time correct. I shut down and rebooted 3 times. Each time I rebooted it lost exactly 4 hours. A total of 12 hours. First time, 4 hours, Second time an additional 4 hours or eight hours total. Third time an additional 4 hours or a total of 12 hours.
After every corrrective reset I do an hwclock --systohc
Anyone, any ideas on what could be happening here?
Bob S Bob,
Is the box a dual-boot box with windows installed? Are you GMT+-4 in your timezone?
Yes and yes (EDT) but I haven't booted windoze in over a year. See my reply to Ingolf.
Bob S
Well, Regardless, if you will ever boot windows, then you need to set your hwclock to localtime and not UTC. In Yast -> Date & Time when the map is displayed, look in the lower left corner and there is a check box "Hardware Clock set to UTC". Make sure that the box is not checked --or-- checked if it isn't checked on your system. On my single boot box with hwclock set to UTC, there is no check in that box (rather counterintuitive really) However, my date and date -u show correct time for central zone: 00:53 alchemy~/linux/scripts> date Wed Oct 22 00:55:08 CDT 2008 00:55 alchemy~/linux/scripts> date -u Wed Oct 22 05:55:09 UTC 2008 I noticed that if I did check the box, the time was set 5 hours in the past. In essence, applying the offset twice. A good test is just to set your system clock by hand and make sure it works right. As root, set the time with: date MMDDHHMMCCYY.ss (example # date 102201022008.00) Then look at how your systems is handling time: date date -u Which is right? If you are still 4 hours in the past, then set the time with "date -u" to specify you are setting time in UTC. Do the same test with date and date -u. Post the results and we will investigate further with you. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org