On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 19:24:04 +0100, andy wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
[...] >> As root >> >> tzconfig >> >> Set the time to UTC (probably under 12 - other time zones) >> >> hwclock --systohc >> Set the BIOS clock to UTC >> >> In KDE, set the clock to use local time zone and point that at >> Europe/London >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Andy >> >> >> >> >> > Thanks Andy > > I sudo tzconfig and adjusted it specifically to Europe/London then entered > sudo hwclock --systohc and after a pause got a message back "select() to > /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out" > I rebooted the machine, and saw the same message in the closing messages > when it reached the point about saving system time. Checked in the BIOS, > which is giving the correct time. Loaded KDE and went to configure the > clock and it still reports TZ as Guernsey. I ran tzconfig again and this > time it reported /Europe/London. Unfortunately, the clock is still 1 hour > ahead, despite this. Try hwclock --directisa --systohc instead. If that gets rid of the "select() to /dev/rtc ..." error message then you can add the line HWCLOCKPARS="--directisa" to /etc/default/rcS and the time should stay correct across reboots. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]