Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello Vitux, > > On 12-Apr-00, you wrote: > > V> Hi There. > V> I can't seem to get the cmos clock set doing: > V> hwclock --set --date="foo/bar..." > V> I figure maybe my compaq mobo has some strangeness in it's > V> CMOS?? It's a EP 6350, PII/350, using (AFAIK) a proprietary > V> compaq-bios. > > Could well be due to the Compaq mobo - I must have set up 50 EP series > m/c's (M$ unfortunately) of various specs, and the previous range: > DP2000 was worse. They do seem to be very proprietary and you have > less trouble with more generic systems. > You're probably right. (Don't you just hate the way it says "designed for microsoft windows(tm)" on the little sticker on the box?!) I've got a "generic" dualPII mobo coming up... In the meantime, I've succeeded in setting the time & date by means of a Compaq User Diags diskette (yuck!). Now I've gotta figure out why Linux is two hours ahead, when it used to work fine w/ my ole 486'er. (I'm guessing it could be a timezone-problem, since hwclock set to UTC). Thanks for the help, I'll have a go at debianizing the RealPlayer... ;-) Regards Vitux
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