On Sunday 15 June 2008 19:24:32 Barry wrote: > Thanks Chris, > > the problem was solved by deleting the file .dolphinview, size 0 in the > affected directory.
Did that fie file have corrupted date fields? > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Sunday 15 June 2008 09:57:49 Barry wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>what is going wrong with dolphin causing it to crash when I select a > >>bookmark? > > > > Goodness only knows. Is the crash repeatable? > > > >>the error msgs are: > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dolphin& > >>[2] 21862 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ QDate::setYMD: Invalid date -53328--528--528 > >>QTime::setHMS Invalid time -528:-528:-528.000 > >>dolphin: viewproperties.cpp:275: > >>ViewProperties::PropertiesNode::PropertiesNode(QFile*): Assertion > >>`readBytes >= 0' failed. > >>KCrash: Application 'dolphin' crashing... > > > > Interesting to note that 512 + 16 = 528 > > I wonder if this indicates that the little battery which keeps the > > crystal clock alive while the machine is turned off has met its maker? > > > >>Entering date gives > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date > >>Sun Jun 15 09:49:26 NZST 2008 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > >> > >>This was after setting the date/time with kcontrol as root. > > > > Remember that there are two time setting mechanisms in Unix. > > You have set the System Time, which is held in software. > > The other is the Hardware Clock which uses the crystal clock as the > > source of the time data. The reason for having a System Time as well as a > > crystal is that the crystal oscillators in PCs are not really of > > 'time-piece' quality. > > > > So I'd suggest that you check both the System Time and the Hardware > > Clock. You should see something akin to:- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date; hwclock -r > > Sun Jun 15 10:50:57 NZST 2008 > > Sun 15 Jun 2008 10:50:58 NZST -0.451311 seconds > > > > For further entertainment you might find:- > > > > http://www.ntp.org/ > > man date > > man hwclock > > man ntpdate > > > > of more than just of passing interest. > > > > You might also care to set up an automatic ntp correction each time you > > connect to the internet. Explore the files in /etc/ppp/ -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
