2008/1/16, Mark Knecht < markknecht@gmail.com>:

On Jan 16, 2008 9:49 AM, Mark Knecht < markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 5:09 AM, Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> wrote:
> > Drake Donahue wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Haney" <mhaney@ercbroadband.org>
> > > To: < gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
> > > 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.
> >
>
> I'm having problems after an emerge -DuN system this morning. What's
> the proper solution to this?
>
> dragonfly ~ # date
> Wed Jan 16 17:45:44 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 2008
> dragonfly ~ #
>
> My mythbackend server is Linux only. The clock line is currently set
> to UTC. timezone is Los Angeles as it's always been. It's 9:45 as I
> write this but the clock thinks it's 17:45. 8 hours ahead is GMT,
> right?
>
> The hardware clock seems to be on GMT:
>
> dragonfly ~ # hwclock -r
> Wed Jan 16 17:46:35 2008  -0.584758 seconds
> dragonfly ~ #
>
> It seems the localtime file is messed up?
>
> dragonfly ~ # cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime
> TZif21Local time zone must be set--see zic manual pageTZif21Local time
> zone must be set--see zic manual page
> <Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page>0
> dragonfly ~ #
>
> Isn't that supposed to be a link to Los_Angeles in my case? Going to
> check the latest install docs.
>
> - Mark
>
OK, the timezone update wiped out the /etc/localtime file. From the
kernel config page:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7

it tells me to copy Los_Angeles to /etc/localtime. After I did that I
see this with date:

dragonfly ~ # date
Wed Jan 16 09:55:51 PST 2008
dragonfly ~ #

- Mark
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