Re: [gentoo-user] setting system time

2021-04-08 Thread thelma
On 4/8/21 6:24 PM, Dan Egli wrote: > On 4/8/2021 6:07 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> Try to set system clock via script: >> >> /usr/sbin/htpdate 1.ro.pool.ntp.org >> /sbin/hwclock -w >> >> But when I run it always prints: >> Offset 38.000 seconds >> >> The system clock does not adjust. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] setting system time

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Egli
On 4/8/2021 6:07 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Try to set system clock via script: /usr/sbin/htpdate 1.ro.pool.ntp.org /sbin/hwclock -w But when I run it always prints: Offset 38.000 seconds The system clock does not adjust. The hardware clock syncs to the software clock. If, when you

[gentoo-user] setting system time

2021-04-08 Thread thelma
Try to set system clock via script: /usr/sbin/htpdate 1.ro.pool.ntp.org /sbin/hwclock -w But when I run it always prints: Offset 38.000 seconds The system clock does not adjust.

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-03 Thread Mattias Merilai
Daniel Waeber wrote: hi i have a problem with changing the time/date of my computer. I only can change it temporally till the next reboot. I tried date and ntptime to set it. after setting it the system shows the right time, but after a reboot i have the old time again. i have no other system

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-03 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Daniel Waeber wrote: (should i just write a mail to bug-coreutils@gnu.org, like the man page says?) Yes. Better still: include a patch with the proposed change. Benno -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-02 Thread Technomancer
In Linux you have the system clock and the hardware clock. The system clock is the clock of your motherboard that can be set in the bios setup. To set the system clock, the command is: date mmddhhmm To set the hardware clock, use the command: hwclock --set --date=mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss To

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-02 Thread Technomancer
Sorry... there is a mistake in my message. system clock is the clock of your motherboard should be hardware clock is the clock of your motherboard Sorry for the mistake. I hope I did not confused you. On 4/2/06, Technomancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Linux you have the system clock and the

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-02 Thread Daniel Waeber
thank you for your help, everything is running perfect now :) it's easy if you know the difference between system and hwclock, but confusing if you only now about the date program. it would be nice if there would be a link to hwclock in the manpage of date, like it is the other way round. but

[gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-01 Thread Daniel Waeber
hi i have a problem with changing the time/date of my computer. I only can change it temporally till the next reboot. I tried date and ntptime to set it. after setting it the system shows the right time, but after a reboot i have the old time again. i have no other system running on the computer

Re: [gentoo-user] setting the time

2006-04-01 Thread Jim
On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 03:20 +0200, Daniel Waeber wrote: hi i have a problem with changing the time/date of my computer. I only can change it temporally till the next reboot. I tried date and ntptime to set it. after setting it the system shows the right time, but after a reboot i have the