[kde-linux] Re: adjust date and time

[Pascal Hasko Bernhard]

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Am 03.11.2010 16:21, schrieb Peter Catchlove:
> Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess I've got it coming if I use debian
> testing: presumably stable doesn't have this problem. In the meantime,
I've
> learnt how to set the time at cli.
> Sounds like I should set the timezone, or be using ntp, since my hwclock
> drifts quite badly, but I'll have to wait until the GUI is working again
> unless there's an easy way of doing these at the cli.
> It says you need a permanent connection for ntp. Is there no way it can
just
> check against the network once a day or at boot?
>
> thanks again..
> Peter C.
>
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Syncing your system time with your hardware clock would not be an option?
You could do this by the following command (as root or superuser)
# hwclock -hwtosys -localize

I hope, I remember that correctly, have a look in the man-page of hwclock.

Pascal

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