-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 03.11.2010 16:21, schrieb Peter Catchlove: > Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess I've got it coming if I use debian > testing: presumably stable doesn't have this problem. In the meantime, I've > learnt how to set the time at cli. > Sounds like I should set the timezone, or be using ntp, since my hwclock > drifts quite badly, but I'll have to wait until the GUI is working again > unless there's an easy way of doing these at the cli. > It says you need a permanent connection for ntp. Is there no way it can just > check against the network once a day or at boot? > > thanks again.. > Peter C. > [snip]
Syncing your system time with your hardware clock would not be an option? You could do this by the following command (as root or superuser) # hwclock -hwtosys -localize I hope, I remember that correctly, have a look in the man-page of hwclock. Pascal - -- _________________________________________________________________________________________ Pascal Bernhard Schwalbacher Straße 7 12161 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 30 69 92 37 72 Cell: +49 177 419 26 34 www.secunergy.com Je me regarde pour me désoler, je me compare pour me consoler. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzSlSEACgkQyzAKl6ged68DrwCfaKtVDnGhiTzjv4aFyU4x55kz 7JUAn0DsVKZS42QMAq00oIkjsWwUy7+R =Zzee -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.