On Apr 13, 12:04 am, Seaslug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [quote]select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out[/quote] > > Had the same problem. > > Try using "hwclock --localtime --directisa" > > If no error returns, the "--directisa" switch was what was needed. > > To carry this through reboots, edit the file /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh > > and change the line (about line #23): > > HWCLOCKPARS="" > > to read: > > HWCLOCKPARS="--directisa" > > this will allow the system time to be saved to the hwclock on shutdown. > > Make sure you have > > UTC=no > > in the file /etc/default/rcS > > This will make sure the system properly reads and translates the hardware > clock on startup. > -- > Jai yen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many, many thanks !! This is working for me too. For info: This is not specific to laptop. I had the very same problem (always 2 hours ahead) with my home build desktop running debian etch (note that the time was correct once connected to the internet because of ntp) My time zone was correct and I had utc=no in /etc/default/rcS The motherboard is an asus P5B Deluxe wifi and the bios revision is 0804 I was scratching in my hair since 3 days ! HWCLOCKPARS="--directisa" as you specified above and the problem vanished ! Thanks again. carex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]