GnuPG and Taskbar clock

Nick Austin nick at digitalpipe.net
Tue Oct 29 00:33:36 GMT 2002


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You could try to run ntpd on startup or use rdate to sync your time on 
boot, the command to set your CMOS time "hwclock --systohc"

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Robert wrote:

> Hi Terry,
>   I aplologize for taking so long to reply.   The Linux system itself (not the 
> desktop environments) are actually altering the CMOS time.   If I boot into a 
> terminal, the time is screwed up.   It's not the same each time either.  It 
> isn't "creep" or "gain" we're talking about.   If I set the clock before 
> shutdown, it may read 3 hours later when I reboot 5 minutes later.
> I check the CMOS time before booting and it is correct before I test.
> Any suggestions on where in my system to look?
> Is there a C call or system call that sets the CMOS time?  Maybe it's in the 
> init scripts somewhere.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday 18 October 2002 7:05 pm, "Zow" Terry Brugger wrote:
> > Robert,
> > 	Very strange indeed. I've had systems before that had terrible clock drift
> > (on the order of minutes every day), but I've never heard of the system
> > time being so off from the CMOS clock right after startup. Since it sounds
> > like you can set the system clock, take a look at NTP:
> > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~n tp/ There are precompiled clients available
> > for most all Unicies (Linux, *BSD, etc), either with your installation
> > media, ports tree, or off the web. Try installing it and syncing up with a
> > couple nearby Stratum 2 servers and see if that fixes your problem.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> > Terry
> >
> >
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