Re: [gentoo-user] system clock keeps getting reset to weird times

[stuart@trunet.co.uk]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 11:48:23PM +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Charles Trois wrote:
> >   ~ # ls -l /etc/localtime
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 32 Nov 22 20:39 /etc/localtime ->
> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris
> >
> > and in /etc/conf.d/clock:
> >
> > CLOCK="local"
> 
> Did you maybe change this last one after your last reboot?  Because 
> then the system time won't have changed accordingly.  Do a 'hwclock 
> -hctosys' to set the system time from the hardware clock.
> 
> > What else can I check?
> 
> Is the clock initscript run?  Check with 'rc-update -s'.  If it is, 
> try removing it from the startup sequence, see if that solves it.
> 
> Is date maybe aliased?  Check with 'type date'.
> 
> Benno
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Hi

Not ideal but as a workaround should your investigation not go well you
could install an NTP type client. I would recommenf "chronyd" as a
simple way of doing this, worked a treat when I had a similar issue a
few monthes ago.

stu 
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