On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, [iso-8859-1] Álvaro A. Novo wrote: an> On Saturday 28 October 2000 20:15, Landy Roman wrote: an> > is linux going to adjust clock for est tonight a la windows:-) i mean as an> > expected an> an> If your machine clock is set to GMT (regardless of your location), I believe, an> that the answer is yes. Otherwise, I don't think it will... an> Correct, if your machine is not set to GMT then your clock will not self adjust for daylight savings. You need to set your bios clock to GMT then pick the appropriate timezone for your area. When it asks (yast) if your system is set to GMT then answer yes. This will require a restart or possibly changing to runlevel S. I usually just do a restart to make sure it works if power ever goes out. an> Alvaro Novo an> SuSE 6.4 an> Kernel 2.2.16 an> KDE 2.0 RC2 an> an> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.17 Experience varies directly with equipment ruined. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Jerry Kreps wrote: jk> I installed xntpd and then put jk> ntpdate npt2.kansas.net jk> in a #!/bin/bash script that I put in /etc/crondaily to keep the clock jk> current. jk> JLK jk> Yeah, that'll work to, but what if the ntp site goes down, you then have to rely on your internal clock. I do the same thing as you describe, but I don't rely on it as full proof. But that is anothe way to do it. :) jk> jk> On Sunday 29 October 2000 11:20, S.Toms wrote: jk> > On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, [iso-8859-1] Álvaro A. Novo wrote: jk> > jk> > an> On Saturday 28 October 2000 20:15, Landy Roman wrote: jk> > an> > is linux going to adjust clock for est tonight a la windows:-) i jk> > mean as an> > expected jk> > an> jk> > an> If your machine clock is set to GMT (regardless of your location), I jk> > believe, an> that the answer is yes. Otherwise, I don't think it will... jk> > an> jk> > jk> > Correct, if your machine is not set to GMT then your clock will not self jk> > adjust for daylight savings. You need to set your bios clock to GMT then jk> > pick the appropriate timezone for your area. When it asks (yast) if your jk> > system is set to GMT then answer yes. This will require a restart or jk> > possibly changing to runlevel S. jk> > I usually just do a restart to make sure it works if power ever goes jk> > out. jk> > jk> > an> Alvaro Novo jk> > an> SuSE 6.4 jk> > an> Kernel 2.2.16 jk> > an> KDE 2.0 RC2 jk> > an> jk> > an> jk> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.17 Hanson's Treatment of Time: There are never enough hours in a day, but always too many days before Saturday. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq

On 2000-10-29 09:20:53 -0800, S.Toms wrote:

... I usually just do a restart to make sure it works if power ever goes out.

Why not use a (perhaps hourly/daily cronned) job like this to take care of it automatically for you, using 'netdate' (xntp is better, i.e. more accurate, but imho requires more setup --- netdate is good if you don't mind half a second mismatch or so) (I just took two arbitrary time servers from this list http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2.htm) --- my server not did not require a reboot and correctly changed time on 03:00 :-) : ---cut--- #!/bin/sh # # File: /etc/cron.daily/netdate # # Added by Eric Maryniak # Last modification: 2000-10-24 (started: 2000-06-16). # # Synchronize time with one or two time servers. # /usr/bin/logger -i -p user.info -t /etc/cron.daily/netdate \ "time: `date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" # Take your pick. /usr/sbin/netdate sundial.columbia.edu clock.psu.edu 1>/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then /usr/bin/logger -i -p user.info -t /etc/cron.daily/netdate \ "time synced using netdate." /usr/bin/logger -i -p user.info -t /etc/cron.daily/netdate \ "time: `date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" else /usr/bin/logger -is -p user.err -t /etc/cron.daily/netdate \ "error time syncing with netdate." fi # End of file: /etc/cron.daily/netdate ---cut--- Bye-bye, Eric -- Eric Maryniak Home page: http://pobox.com/~e.maryniak/ University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Tel/Fax: +31 20 5256853/6391656. Internet: http://www.neuromod.org/ 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq