From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JF81b-0004F6-41 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:09:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FA34E085B; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ercbroadband.org (mail.ercbroadband.org [152.53.1.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B1EE085B for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:09:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) Exchange SpamAssassin Sink (www.christopherlewis.com) 1.2.76 on chapman.ercbroadband.local X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 thread-index: AchYQQ2vbsQTvW6dQuCUVTMMmqngyg== Received: from [192.168.10.35] ([192.168.10.35] RDNS failed) by mail.ercbroadband.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:09:40 -0500 Message-ID: <478E0212.8040503@ercbroadband.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:09:38 -0500 From: "Mark Haney" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071206) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problem with latest timezone update? References: <478CCFC3.8080503@ercbroadband.org> <001701c85798$40c49650$0200a8c0@iwillxp333> In-Reply-To: <001701c85798$40c49650$0200a8c0@iwillxp333> Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4133 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Jan 2008 13:09:40.0576 (UTC) FILETIME=[0DAF2600:01C85841] X-Archives-Salt: 29f664ab-450a-48ce-98d5-80153387d2e4 X-Archives-Hash: 171758b337cb42d8f9383e25b31de704 Drake Donahue wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Haney" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:22 AM > Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Problem with latest timezone update? > > >> Okay, here's something I can't seem to figure out. My laptop time >> doesn't want to stay sync'd. I always run ntpd at boot time to keep >> it in sync, but now, when I boot without an ethernet cable hooked up, >> it's over 5 hours off. It didn't do this until I updated the timezone >> just after Christmas. /etc/conf.d/clock is set to my timezone >> (EST5EDT) and /etc/localtime is symlinked to the correct timezone. >> >> I thought maybe the BIOS clock was wrong, but it's not 5 hours off, >> maybe a minute or so. I tried setting the HWclock to system time and >> that didn't fix it. Any ideas on what else to try? >> > Could it be this simple? Quoting: > > # /etc/conf.d/clock > > # Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as > # Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then # > set CLOCK to "local". Note that if you dual boot with Windows, then # > you should set it to "local". > > CLOCK="local" > Yeah it could very well be. I didn't notice that before, but for some reason this file was changed. It's possible I did it and not realize it, but I was almost certain that I didn't update that file when I ran dispatch-conf. But then again, one of my other personalities might have done it. I'll have to ask around and see which one could have been the perp. Thanks for picking that up. -- Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support -- gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org mailing list