>My immediate problem is that I have the hardware clock set to GMT and >my system clock is never getting set to the local timezone.
Do you see "/etc/localtime" when you type "date +%Z" ? If so, then I'd say that you ran in a bug with the timezones package. Just purge it and install it again.... Michel "Walken" LESPINASSE - Student at Ecole Centrale Paris (France) www email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o o) www : http://www.via.ecp.fr/~walken/ ------oOO--(_)--OOo------ C0 9B E8 D8 44 43 D3 63 5A B4 BA 55 57 5B 19 6D "Just say know" finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for complete PGP key -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .