On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 07:45 +0100, Ferenc Veres wrote: > Hi All, > > As I can see, http://www.gnusolaris.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/177 it > may be possible to upgrade to Alpha 2 without reinstall. Is that true? I > just want to say a great thanks to the developers for that! :-D
True. But don't be so optimistic. It is highly experimental at this point. So, backup everything. :-) > Question: I cannot figure out how to set the time correctly. Someone > helped me on IRC to install NTP, and I think I configured it to start > automatically, but the clock is just always wrong. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # svcs | grep ntp > online 6:32:32 svc:/network/ntp:default > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # ls -la /etc/localtime > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 12 08:27 /etc/localtime -> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC (BROKEN LINK) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # cat /etc/adjtime > 0.000000 1103000000 0.000000 > 1103000000 > UTC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # ntpdate -s pool.ntp.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # date > Wed Jan 25 07:33:09 CET 2006 > > (Last time that one worked, but it should be 23:35 CET now.) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc # ntpdate pool.ntp.org > 25 Jan 07:33:53 ntpdate[781]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/inet # cat ntp.conf > multicastclient pool.ntp.org > > My hardware clock is set to local time, CET. The only other OS I use is > Mandriva Linux, I can set it to use UTC from HW clock if necessary. But > this should not be so many hours off, just one, if that is the problem. > > Please help! :-) That is something which is partially fixed in Alpha2 but still will require some more polishing during Beta1 time-frame. Look at "man rtc", to change timezone you need to run something like: rtc -z <timezone> to make it set across reboots, you need to add it to /etc/default/init Anyway, let us know whether your issue resolved after Alpha2 upgrade. > Ferenc > > ps: Thanks for the "Subjcet: [gnusol]" reply, I understand. It's useful > for the spam. Because either I receive mail from people I know, and > familiar subject, or I have [mailinglist] mark in my mails. All others > fall to "mostly spam" in my mind. :-) Indeed. That make sense. Erast _______________________________________________ GNU/Solaris Users mailing list [email protected]
