On Sat, 06 Nov, 1999 à 02:36:25PM -0500, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Whenever I reboot/shutdown my debian system, one of the message I see on > the console during shutdown is : > > CMOS clock updated to Sat Nov 6 14:25:38 EST 1999 > > This alongwith the fact that APM support (which I have compiled into my > 2.2.13 kernel) seems to reset the time on every reboot is likely the > reason why my clock seems to be losing time gradually and every couple > of weeks totally loses it!!! > [...] > My questions are: > > (1) is it possible to configure Debian so that it DOESN'T update the > CMOS clock whenever the system is shutdown/rebooted ? > Yes : remove the appropriate links in /etc/rc[06].d but it's not a good idea.
> (3) How do I change my system's configuration so that the CMOS clock > stores time in GMT ? This is supposed to be a better way to store time > in the CMOS clock but I can't seem to find the option in my system's > BIOS. (FYI, I am using an ABIT BH6 MB). > For your BIOS : simply set your CMOS clock to the GMT time : it's that simple. For debian : are you using slink or potato ? BTW, did you choosed the right options during your kernel compilation ? You should post here the CONFIG_APM* of your /usr/src/linux/.config > A number of people on this list have already recommended the use of > packages like ntpdate, xntp, etc. but I would first prefer to solve this > problem by having Debian not update my CMOS clock on every Updating CMOS on reboot/shutdown does improve the efficiency of xntp/ntpdate... > reboot/shutdown. After that, I will look into setting up xntp, etc. to > sync time/date whenever I dial out to my ISP. > > My system is a slink/potato salad. > for a (pure) slink system you set this (usage of GMT or local time) in /etc/default/rcS -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \) Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur ! (/ | \_|_ Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
