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 B8F8F1384E6 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD6CA21C0FA; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D49621C00D for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7CE33D990 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.271 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.271 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.470, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JLbuLdyX09gu for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8ACD833D909 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TvW5a-0007V7-7b for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:43:46 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:43:46 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:43:46 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 5b20ef3b-9bbf-4535-9095-2db87a2a43a8 X-Archives-Hash: f172652f16f0a96721eabdda12e7969a 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"? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! ... I don't like FRANK at SINATRA or his CHILDREN. gmail.com