******* Where does a newborn go from here? The Net is Vast, and Infinate...******** Hi wizards, I am setting up a couple of llnux boxes for some little kids ( 6 & 7 ) ANd there is a wee problem w/ the "time" function ( Suse7.1 ) I choose "local" rather than gmt during the setup , whihc *should* in theory give me 12 hr clock , no? Well it doesn't I've even reinstalled it, I dont get error messages or anything like that I just get a 24 hr clock that starts w/ time in the afternoon, say , set at 4 pm , and it acts as if it's 04:00, apparently. These kids barely have a concept of time at all , one has juts learned to "tell" time at school, where the teacher is NOT interested in having to "deal w/ translating the time so she can see if assignments are completed " Frankly I feel it ought not matter to her at all , she gets a print out, and she knows w/ in a 12 hr period when she recieved it, by the date on it !! BUT I'm already catching hell because I'm not puting Windows only on thecomputer ... But I bought and paid for them , so she can go jump for all that <G> ( I hope I can find Linux variations of all the stuff the kids have to use , but since they are using print outs , it becomes another one of those "why do you care what program is used ?" situations.... the computers are a micron pentium3 /600 ide 20 mg hd; nvidia video w/ 16 mg;128mg ram and a pollywell all scsi athlon/700 17 gig hd, nvidia vid w/ 32 mg ram, and this box has 256 megs ram I've gone thru all the Suse manuals and checked most of hte faqs that seem to have relvance any ideas ?? the one that still has windows on it doesn't have any problems w/ "keeping" time , It seems to maintain it's setting and give me a correct reading , so I dont believe it's the computer itself. I'd like to find one of those "atomic clock sites" to keep the thing "on time" but first I have to get past this leetle problem ... however, if anyone knows a good site and would like to send it to me directly I woulnd't be unhapy at all.. <G> Extra Karma points for whomever solves the puzzel !!! ( of the time, not the teacher, she is beyond hope, as are most of the schools in that area, and the kids parents can't afford private schools <sigh>) The computer is my "little trick" to keep the school from doping the little boy to the eyeballs .. when all he needs is patience , he is fine using the 'education" games on the playstation ... , for instance .. sooooooo , I'm going to try to catch that little bit of lightning in a bottle and give him a computer ... Which he loves to play w/ as well. AS for the little girl ?? She's a dreamer, and I dont want to see her squelched either ... Blondely, j afterthought--- Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.