wow suresh what an answer! it had me stumped for a while. its definitely a big guy thing not for newbies. i thought changing the timesetting shouldn't be a big thing.
anyway i changed the UTC entry in /etc/sysconfig/clock to true from false and seems its working after rebooting. this of course without knowing the consequences :) --- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > abrar hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > my linux box was showing correct time. but when i > > checked the preferences and it showed some time > zone > > other than asia/cal, so i changed it asia /cal > > and now the system time is always ahead by 5 and > half > > hours (must be IST) after every restart. however > the > > h/w clock shows correct time. > > Try syncing your system clock with an NTP server, > after making sure you > have the correct timezone set. > > # rdate -s time.nuri.net;/usr/sbin/setclock > > Put that into cron (if always connected to the net) > or ip-up.local (if > on a dialup) if you want it done regularly. > > --srs (that one is in korea - pick something > nearer to you) > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot > org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix > Sysadmin > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ________________________________________________________________________ For live cricket scores download Yahoo! Score Tracker at: http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
