[gentoo-user] Date and time reset randomly.

[gentoo-user] Date and time reset randomly.

[Bernard Van de Walle]

Hello gentoo peoples ;)

I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are many
files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That happens 
randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...

I have then to reconfigure my dates ....

So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?

It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix it ..

Thanks.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Date and time reset randomly.

[Xavier Parizet]

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> Hello gentoo peoples ;)
>
> I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
do you check that isn't your bios ? Maybe your bios battery is out and cause 
the bios settings to reset randomly...
> Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are many
> files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That happens
> randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
>
> I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
>
> So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?
>
> It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix it ..
>
> Thanks.
Regards.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Date and time reset randomly.

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:01:51 +0200
Xavier Parizet <blackhawk@linuxant.fr> wrote:

> > Hello gentoo peoples ;)
> >
> > I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> > fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
> do you check that isn't your bios ? Maybe your bios battery is out
> and cause the bios settings to reset randomly...
That is only going to work if the computer has been turned off.  The
bios should be able to remember everything without an external battery
if the computer is running.
> > Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are
> > many files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That
> > happens randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
> >
> > I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
> >
> > So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?
> >
> > It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix
> > it ..
Perhaps NTP could help you...
> > Thanks.
> Regards.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Date and time reset randomly.

[Galevsky]

Surely not. As for the dual bout with an other OS (let's call it
"MS-Win" ;o)), people can easily face a wrong time due to a bad
configuration in linux side: the hardware time should be set as local
time instead of UTC to avoid a time difference between both the OSes.
But no time reset symptom (unless possible MS-Win virus). As said
earlier, bios battery must be going out.

Gal'

2007/6/12, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:01:51 +0200
> Xavier Parizet <blackhawk@linuxant.fr> wrote:
>
> > > Hello gentoo peoples ;)
> > >
> > > I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> > > fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
> > do you check that isn't your bios ? Maybe your bios battery is out
> > and cause the bios settings to reset randomly...
> That is only going to work if the computer has been turned off.  The
> bios should be able to remember everything without an external battery
> if the computer is running.
> > > Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are
> > > many files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That
> > > happens randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
> > >
> > > I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
> > >
> > > So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?
> > >
> > > It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix
> > > it ..
> Perhaps NTP could help you...
> > > Thanks.
> > Regards.
>
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>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Date and time reset randomly.

[Michael Gisbers]

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Am Dienstag 12 Juni 2007 schrieb Bernard Van de Walle:
> Hello gentoo peoples ;)
>
> I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
> Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are many
> files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That happens
> randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
>
> I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
>
> So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?

Seems like your bios/rtc - battery is defect. In this case the system clock 
stops running when there is no or too less voltage and resets on boot to 0.

> It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix it ..

Just check your bios/rtc - battery.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Date and time reset randomly.

[Abraham Marín Pérez]

Have you checked your BIOS battery? It may sound a bit silly, but that's 
the tipical effect of a BIOS battery run out...

HTH,
Abraham

Bernard Van de Walle escribió:
> Hello gentoo peoples ;)
>
> I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
> Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are many
> files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That happens 
> randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
>
> I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
>
> So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?
>
> It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix it ..
>
> Thanks.
>   


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Re: [gentoo-user] Date and time reset randomly.

[Redouane Boumghar]

Hello Bernard and Co :)

Are you using dual boot with another OS ?
In that case, maybe you're using your other OS every 15 boots
and maybe it has a wrong date&time and sets it to the hardware
at every shutdown. Thus while you are rebooting on your Gentoo
the hardware clock is wrong.

Check your /etc/conf.d/clock if you have authorized gentoo to
set your time to your hardware at every shutdown so your other OS
reads it well :

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"


Else other folks' proposition may be right about your BIOS Battery.

It is always good to be on time hehe ;-)
Hope this helps,

Bernard Van de Walle wrote:
> Hello gentoo peoples ;)
> 
> I have a little problem on my laptop. Everything is fine, except the
> fact that sometimes, the date and time reset to the 01/01/2000 .
> Consequently, on reboot, the boot process warn me that there are many
> files wich have modification dates in the future ....  That happens 
> randomly, in something like every 15 reboots ...
> 
> I have then to reconfigure my dates ....
> 
> So, does anyone knows where is that problem coming from ?
> 
> It is of course not very important , but I would be happy to fix it ..
> 
> Thanks.

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