On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 03:13:06PM +1000, Charlie wrote: > > > > Thank you for that update. I will give your sources list a try because > my new Asus desktop install won't accept the sources list from my > working laptop: > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib > > with this message: > > Release file for http://deb.debian/dists/bullseye/InRelease is not > valid yet (invalid for another 5d 13h 52m 3s) Updates for this > repository will not be applied. > > Because the installer configured the Ethernet connection but could not > access the mirror, I put in the above from my home lappy, but still no > joy. So will try your sources list, thank you. > > Charlie > --
Hi Charlie, That error is symptomatic of another problem: what time/date does the machine think it has. If files come from the future, it could be that the time or date is incorrectly set in firmware - or that something doesn't have a real time clock. That's fairly easily reset by using the date command and hwclock commands. I always have to check the syntax of the date command: date -u MMDDHHmmCCYY where u is for UTC date -u 050111132022 would be round about now and would set the system time accordingly. hwclock --systohc would apply system time to the hardware clock (or --hctosys would go the other way]. Hope this helps - with every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater > Registered Linux User:- 329524 > *********************************************** > > It is well to remember that the entire population of the > universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. > -- John Andrew Holmes, Jr. > > *********************************************** > > Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. > > ----------------------------------------------------- >
