yeah, I must read the whole thread before posting ;P On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis<eeke...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:36:55 -0300 > "Federico G. Benavento" <benave...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> timezones? > > I've never heard of a timezone that could make a 9 year difference. Maybe on > Pluto. ;) > >> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Ethan Grammatikidis<eeke...@fastmail.fm> >> wrote: >> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:39:12 -0700 >> > John Floren <slawmas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, erik quanstrom<quans...@quanstro.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > > The script runs at boot, the echo tells me that much, but the time >> >> >> > > is not set, perhaps as if timesync -r is not working. To be >> >> >> > > specific the date a few minutes after booting is Sun Jan 2 >> >> >> > > 18:30:36 GMT 2000. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > i believe timesync is setting the system clock from /dev/rtc, not >> >> >> > the other way >> >> >> > around. >> >> >> >> >> >> Yeah, that's what I expect timesync to do, but it's doing something >> >> >> strange instead. >> >> > >> >> > i wouldn't classify doing what the man page says it does >> >> > as something "really strange". if you want the converse, >> >> > then just execute "date -n >/dev/rtc". >> >> > >> >> > - erik >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure he's *trying* to get the time from /dev/rtc, not >> >> trying to set it. >> >> >> > >> > You'd be right. >> > >> > I've found I don't seem to need timesync, the system time & /dev/rtc alike >> > seem to stay in sync with the host without it, but I'm still curious why >> > timesync -r should mess up the system time so badly. >> > >> > Perhaps /dev/rtc and the system time are linked on some architectures, so >> > that setting one sets the other and so timesync -r gets in a mess. Just a >> > guess. >> > >> > -- >> > Ethan Grammatikidis >> > The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Federico G. Benavento >> > > > -- > Ethan Grammatikidis > The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer > >
-- Federico G. Benavento
