On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:56:03 +0100 andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > Some additional info on this. It would appear that it is a bug in Ubuntu > Dapper ( linux-source-2.6.15 ): > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/43661/+viewstatus > > "Dapper seems unable to read or set my RTC on an IBM/Lenovo X60 thinkpad. > The BIOS shows the hardware clock to be several hours different to the > Linux clock." This is as far as the similarity goes though. > > It also looks like Dell laptops have kicked up a series of related > errors, but my wife's machine is not a Dell. > > I'd want to post this as a bug, but I don't get the impression that many > others are experiencing this fault. If it is related to the RTC, I have > no idea how to fix that up.
There's been a discussion of this issue for several years already in the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=277298 > > Any clues? > > Cheers > > A Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
