From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4881384E9 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3D6A21C11C; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f48.google.com (mail-oa0-f48.google.com [209.85.219.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD0C421C00D for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:55:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id h2so1701463oag.21 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:55:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=2n+4FJZTF0BhUBsnY9To810TP8FlFbIOy40JtPiQ4O4=; b=jldXlHDxP3cS1oc8zFHDjoq1C8pL/eJl0HNRHUwg+tYGwpUDmCthZng7aPaZucH0PQ lDTy3iG+Nk702G6NN2jqboGcUsGo8LjzctT8vFNveGJHsvW15IQehF7tzN2j3md9CIC5 nKNiGi4LpdtalWMKgxbCpDx3d2JV9TcB+VRD+mmu6Vps3sYVuJFFFvjprkQQvztMvfsi pOCBs8ZzfnEphM1ieHYhBOqM0QZUT0y4Oo7fkbQgS4XPEJZzIUc8GOvtmkI3tQEEUtuh 5Jc7c3NBmZFMjc9x942V2qYV1ew92GM1UVm7+CTIi0Hi6KWTXAPHAm5TuhL+HORZ+7Pr E80g== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.42.97 with SMTP id n1mr1510969obl.91.1358358956962; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:55:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.20.243 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:55:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130116175249.GE2656@server> References: <20130116175249.GE2656@server> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:55:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: c4c7a62f-3d2f-41a7-bf8e-6416387e34fb X-Archives-Hash: c6e0661c4807921ce87c16c3cbf702fb On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 04:43:16PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >> I'm having problems with one of my Gentoo systems who's motherboard >> clock is a little slow. When the system comes up, the system time is >> set from the motherboard clock. If that's slow, something in the init >> system seems to panic because some file or other has a timestamp in >> the future. >> >> Just to make it extra convenient, it clears the console screen when >> that happens so there's no actual record of what went wrong or which >> component in th init process is failing. >> >> Going into the BIOS setup and setting the time ahead a minute or two >> will allow the system to start up normally. >> >> Is there any way to disable this "feature"? > > Replace your CMOS battery. His system clock runs slow, it's not a matter of the CMOS battery being dead. If it were dead, the clock would be years off. > > Default behavior of agetty is to clear now. In /etc/inittab make sure you have > --noclear in tty1 like this: > > # TERMINALS > c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty --noclear 38400 tty1 linux -- :wq