Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. I don't even have to leave Linux to get this. It happens intermittently, with no discernable pattern, when I shut down, reboot, or suspend the computer. For reference, this is on a Toshiba Portege 7020CT. > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? I dunno. This never happened on my Toshiba Satellite 205CDS. -sbigham
Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. I don't even have to leave Linux to get this. It happens intermittently, with no discernable pattern, when I shut down, reboot, or suspend the computer. For reference, this is on a Toshiba Portege 7020CT. > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? I dunno. This never happened on my Toshiba Satellite 205CDS. -sbigham
Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
Anthony Campbell wrote: > > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. > > If I set the date and time correctly in DOS and use loadlin to boot into > Linux the date is correct although the time isn't. > > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? > > Anyone encountered anything similar? Occasionally, on a shutdown and COMPLETE power off, my Toshiba 2515CDS with SuSE 6.1 seemed to revert to Pacific time (which I changed back in August) and the Power Savings Features return to stock BIOS. YaST took care of my Timezone problem ... the power savings features have to be manually reset via '[ESC] - F1' though. I will try to keep a better log of this now. Cheers, -- ( >-Jeff Rose - Everyone's Linux User Group (ELUG) -< ) /~\http://www.elug.orgmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/~\ | \) [G(nu/NotAOL/M$/etc.)]AIM: JeffRoseFL (/ | |_|_ eFAX: (630) 604-4130 _|_|
Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
Anthony Campbell wrote: > > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. > > If I set the date and time correctly in DOS and use loadlin to boot into > Linux the date is correct although the time isn't. > > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? > > Anyone encountered anything similar? Occasionally, on a shutdown and COMPLETE power off, my Toshiba 2515CDS with SuSE 6.1 seemed to revert to Pacific time (which I changed back in August) and the Power Savings Features return to stock BIOS. YaST took care of my Timezone problem ... the power savings features have to be manually reset via '[ESC] - F1' though. I will try to keep a better log of this now. Cheers, -- ( >-Jeff Rose - Everyone's Linux User Group (ELUG) -< ) /~\http://www.elug.orgmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/~\ | \) [G(nu/NotAOL/M$/etc.)]AIM: JeffRoseFL (/ | |_|_ eFAX: (630) 604-4130 _|_|
Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 09:30:49AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. > > If I set the date and time correctly in DOS and use loadlin to boot into > Linux the date is correct although the time isn't. > > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? > > Anyone encountered anything similar? > > Anthony I was having the same problem, on a Toshiba 490CDT, though it's gone away now. I think I had that same date too, "1 Jan 1990". I don't even know what I did to fix it, really. So I can't be much help ;-* I found after setting the time from DOS a couple of times, Linux eventually got the idea and kept time. If I remember right, the problem first appeared with me after Netscape had crashed and I had to reboot the laptop using the reset button. These days I use ntp to keep time off the net, though that's really beside the point. Sorry I can't be of real help. Drew
Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 09:30:49AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. > > If I set the date and time correctly in DOS and use loadlin to boot into > Linux the date is correct although the time isn't. > > I suspect this may be something to do with the Toshiba BIOS because it > doesn't happen with my 486 desktop. Or could it be APM? > > Anyone encountered anything similar? > > Anthony I was having the same problem, on a Toshiba 490CDT, though it's gone away now. I think I had that same date too, "1 Jan 1990". I don't even know what I did to fix it, really. So I can't be much help ;-* I found after setting the time from DOS a couple of times, Linux eventually got the idea and kept time. If I remember right, the problem first appeared with me after Netscape had crashed and I had to reboot the laptop using the reset button. These days I use ntp to keep time off the net, though that's really beside the point. Sorry I can't be of real help. Drew
