On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:13:59 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Charlie wrote: > > The date on that system is one day in advance and one hour late. Not > > terrible, > > However after a short period 100% of one of the CPU cores is used, > > noisy running, and top -c shows this as the user: > > /usr/libexe/fvwm2/2.7.0/FvwmScript 17 4 none 0 8 FvwmScript > > DateTime > > Looking at > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/main/default-config/FvwmScript-DateTime > and reading "man FvwmScript" i'd say that the promised 1-second > waiting period of "PeriodicTasks" is heavily shortened by the clock > peculiarity. > > > > Managed to get date and time right with the ntp commands, set > > location etc., on Gkrellm at least. But the fvwm clock had frozen > > up and stopped. > > That's quite normal with periodic jobs when the system time gets > changed backward. Possibly the clock would come back to life after > the last shown time is reached again 23 hours later. > > > > Then tried to set the date manually with hwclock but no joy. > > Please detail "no joy": > Does hwclock show the future time after rebooting if you have set it > to the right time before rebooting ? > (Or is it only the system clock which hops ahead ?) > Does hwclock get changed to the future time without rebooting ? > > > > Removing FvwmScript which I can't open to edit removes the clock > > from the FVWM taskbar, > > Does this solve the problem with the future time ? > > > > And haven't tried to > > but Gkrellm is now using the same time? > > (I don't understand this statement. Maybe it's important for finding > the explanation.) > > > > It would appear to be an fvwm problem > > The fast running CPU might be related to poor handling of weird times > by FvwmScript. > > But for now i doubt that fvwm sets the system date on its own. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > Thank you for the link Thomas. I removed the clock from the FVWM task bar and Gkrellm now dis[pays the right time. So a fix of sorts with which I can live. I was going to install fluxbox, which I used many years ago before FVWM just to see what that clock said. Luckily didn't need to because the clock came up correct. Dreaded doing that anyway, being a bit long in the tooth to start relearning another window manager. So thank you for your help. Charlie
