Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-15 Thread Russell Jones
Hi all, After poking around a bit I ended up just going the /etc/ntp/step-tickers route to resolve the issue and have the time in-sync as soon as the OS comes up. Thanks for all the help! On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Gordon Messmer yiny...@eburg.com wrote: On 08/09/2012 12:33 PM, Russell

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-11 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/09/2012 12:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote: The hardware clock is configured in local time. /etc/sysconfig/clock is set to UTC=false and ZONE=America/Chicago. What other settings are in that file? The system is treating your hardware clock as if it were UTC. Actually setting it to UTC is

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-10 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Mark, On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 17:03 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Russell Jones wrote: Also in case it wasn't clear, I have ran hwclock --systohc after date shows the correct time. Please don't top post. I do agree. However Mark, perhaps *you* could trim your post too. Regards,

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-10 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Russell, On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 14:33 -0500, Russell Jones wrote: After the system is up. hwclock works fine. hwclock --debug does not show any error at all. Have you tried adding --debug to CLOCKFLAGS in rc.sysinit to see if it reports anything for the first invocation? Regards,

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-10 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 9 Aug 2012, at 22:03, m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Please don't top post. Please trim your replies. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind the hardware clock, down to the second. After the system is up. hwclock works

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread m . roth
Russell Jones wrote: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind the hardware clock, down to the second. So, it's

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Thanks for the reply. The hwclock can be set properly from the OS. No BIOS permissions to even set for the clock, it's just a standard old 24 hour clock. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:43 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Russell Jones wrote: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Craig White
On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind the hardware clock, down

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Thanks, I tried again, rebooted, still 5 hours off slow. The second I do hwclock --hctosys the time is fine. That's silly to have to do that though, I feel like I am missing a configuration parameter somewhere. [root@nod705 ~]# date Thu Aug 9 10:06:36 CDT 2012 [root@nod705 ~]# hwclock Thu 09

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Craig White
until you set your clock so that 'date' gives the right time, don't bother doing anything else. Once you get it set, then execute the hwclock --systohc Craig On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Thanks, I tried again, rebooted, still 5 hours off slow. The second I do hwclock

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Craig, Let me clarify. I correct the time, and both date and hwclock both show the correct time. I reboot the server and date is again 5 hours slow. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Craig White craig.wh...@ttiltd.com wrote: until you set your clock so that 'date' gives the right time, don't

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Also in case it wasn't clear, I have ran hwclock --systohc after date shows the correct time. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Russell Jones arjone...@gmail.com wrote: Craig, Let me clarify. I correct the time, and both date and hwclock both show the correct time. I reboot the server and

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread m . roth
Russell Jones wrote: Also in case it wasn't clear, I have ran hwclock --systohc after date shows the correct time. Please don't top post. Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. mark On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Russell

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. mark Thanks Mark. hwclock showed the right time before reboot. After reboot, entering BIOS it still showed the correct local time. After the server came up, date is slow by 5 hours.

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread m . roth
Russell Jones wrote: Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. Thanks Mark. hwclock showed the right time before reboot. After reboot, entering BIOS it still showed the correct local time. After the server came up, date is slow by 5

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Russell Jones wrote: Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. Thanks Mark. hwclock showed the right time before reboot. After reboot, entering BIOS it still showed the correct

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Scott Silva
on 8/9/2012 12:33 PM Russell Jones spake the following: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind the hardware clock,

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 15:35 -0700, Scott Silva wrote: on 8/9/2012 12:33 PM Russell Jones spake the following: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Craig White
On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. mark Thanks Mark. hwclock showed the right time before reboot. After reboot, entering BIOS it still showed the correct local

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Robert Nichols
On 08/09/2012 02:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Hi all, I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time the server boots, it gives the error Cannot access the hardware clock by any known method, and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind the hardware clock, down to the

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Woodchuck
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 04:40:19PM -0700, Craig White wrote: On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is. mark Thanks Mark. hwclock showed the right time before

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Russell Jones
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Woodchuck mar...@pennswoods.net wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 04:40:19PM -0700, Craig White wrote: On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Russell Jones wrote: Here's a question: run hwclock, then, when you reboot, go into the BIOS, and see what the time is.

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Woodchuck
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 07:11:02PM -0500, Russell Jones wrote: On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Woodchuck mar...@pennswoods.net wrote: Thanks for the help! Dave: There are no options for time zones in the BIOS clock. The time is just there to be set. It is currently set to 7:08 PM, which is