Dual-boot setup, incorrect time in Debian's side
I am running a dual boot system with Windows XP and Debian just upgraded to unstable installed. As usual Windows sets the hardware clock to local time. To compensate for this I have UTC=no in /etc/default/rcS as specified. However this setting seems to be ignored. Debian seems to always think that the hardware clock is set to UTC, so when running Debian the clock is one hour ahead. My timezone is Europe/Madrid, just checked... # date -R Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:46:42 +0100 # cat /etc/timezone Europe/Madrid # md5sum /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Madrid /etc/localtime9adedd59faaf242a67cdfcdc9e7020fa /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Madrid 9adedd59faaf242a67cdfcdc9e7020fa /etc/localtime I see the suggestion of trying... # hwclock --localtime --show select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out Yes, as told somewhere --directisa is required for some systems. # hwclock --localtime --show --directisa Tue Feb 26 15:48:08 2008 -0.881809 seconds The option now is setting HWCLOCKPARS=--directisa in /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh directly or use /etc/default/rcS instead. But no matter what I try, when rebooting the clock is still one hour ahead. Should a bug to libc6 --owner package for /usr/bin/tzselect-- or tzdata be fired? Any ideas welcome... Cordially, Ismael -- Ismael Valladolid Torres GnuPG key: DE721AF4 SHS Polar (3.4.3) Google Talk/Jabber/MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] C/ Emilio Vargas 1Jaiku/Twitter/Skype/Yahoo!: ivalladt Edif. Fiteni II AIM/ICQ: 264472328 28043 Madrid (Spain) The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer. Las opiniones expresadas representan las mías propias y no las de mi empresa.
Re: Dual-boot setup, incorrect time in Debian's side
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:53:31PM +0100, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: I am running a dual boot system with Windows XP and Debian just upgraded to unstable installed. As usual Windows sets the hardware clock to local time. To compensate for this I have UTC=no in /etc/default/rcS as specified. Trying to have hardware clock in local time is bound to lose very fast. It's inherently incompatible with having more than one operating system installed, or even virtual machines and such... Instead of attempting to work around the related bugs, why won't you instead use the undocumented way to fix Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal = (DWORD)1 You'll also need to shutdown and disable Windows Time Service if it's running. It's there on certain versions of Windows. I wonder if it would be a good idea to let d-i fix dual-booted systems this way... -- 1KB // Microsoft corollary to Hanlon's razor: // Never attribute to stupidity what can be // adequately explained by malice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual-boot setup, incorrect time in Debian's side
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: As usual Windows sets the hardware clock to local time. To compensate for this I have UTC=no in /etc/default/rcS as specified. There is another file that may need to be changed: /etc/adjtime Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
