Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
Philippe Gagnon wrote: Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:45:11 -0400 Philippe Gagnon wrote: Nick Rout wrote: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 12 10:15 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal It seems okay to me.. But I still get issues. : - / No TZ has been set. what is the output of date? do you dual boot windows? what is CLOCK set to in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/clock? is /etc/init.d/clock in your runlevel? (should be in boot i think) the output of date seems to be fixed if I do a "ntpdate time.nist.gov". But still, it's an annoyance having to stop ntpd, adjust the time, and restart ntpd every time I reboot. The clock is fine if I dual-boot windows and clock is in the boot runlevel as expected. :( -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list stop and start ntp every reboot? shouldn't you have your scripts doing this? This is what I have.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls /etc/runlevels/default | grep ntp ntp-client ntpd So on boot, ntp-client updates the time, and ntpd holds the time in sync (or until ntpd crashes for reasons I cannot fathom) I am running dual boot (Gentoo/XP-SP2) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:45:11 -0400 Philippe Gagnon wrote: Nick Rout wrote: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 12 10:15 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal It seems okay to me.. But I still get issues. : - / No TZ has been set. what is the output of date? do you dual boot windows? what is CLOCK set to in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/clock? is /etc/init.d/clock in your runlevel? (should be in boot i think) the output of date seems to be fixed if I do a "ntpdate time.nist.gov". But still, it's an annoyance having to stop ntpd, adjust the time, and restart ntpd every time I reboot. The clock is fine if I dual-boot windows and clock is in the boot runlevel as expected. :( -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:45:11 -0400 Philippe Gagnon wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 12 10:15 /etc/localtime -> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal > > It seems okay to me.. But I still get issues. : - / > > No TZ has been set. what is the output of date? do you dual boot windows? what is CLOCK set to in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/clock? is /etc/init.d/clock in your runlevel? (should be in boot i think) > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
Nick Rout wrote: your system time should be in UTC, the kernel keeps track of time in UTC, there is no alternative. If your problem is the reporting of time when, for example, you use the date command, then that is converted to localtime in two steps: 1. the system wide file called /etc/localtime, which should be a link to your locale in /usr/share/zoneinfo like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Aug 7 2003 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland 2. the TZ variable, which allows individual users to vary from the system wide locale, eg if you logged into my server from the other side of the world you may want to set TZ so you got your local time. example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ date Wed Apr 6 13:53:16 NZST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ TZ=PST date Wed Apr 6 01:53:23 PST 2005 Short story, check your /etc/localtime link. On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:49:06 -0400 Philippe Gagnon wrote: Greetings, My system seems to reset the system time to UTC each times I reboot. Is there anyway to fix this? Thanks. Philippe. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 12 10:15 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal It seems okay to me.. But I still get issues. : - / No TZ has been set. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
your system time should be in UTC, the kernel keeps track of time in UTC, there is no alternative. If your problem is the reporting of time when, for example, you use the date command, then that is converted to localtime in two steps: 1. the system wide file called /etc/localtime, which should be a link to your locale in /usr/share/zoneinfo like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Aug 7 2003 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland 2. the TZ variable, which allows individual users to vary from the system wide locale, eg if you logged into my server from the other side of the world you may want to set TZ so you got your local time. example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ date Wed Apr 6 13:53:16 NZST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ TZ=PST date Wed Apr 6 01:53:23 PST 2005 Short story, check your /etc/localtime link. On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:49:06 -0400 Philippe Gagnon wrote: > Greetings, > > My system seems to reset the system time to UTC each times I reboot. Is > there anyway to fix this? > > Thanks. > Philippe. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Time issues
> Greetings, > > My system seems to reset the system time to UTC each times I reboot. Is > there anyway to fix this? > > Thanks. > Philippe. I had the same issue and resolved it by editing /etc/conf.d/clock and ensuring that the lines CLOCK = "local" and CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes" are present. This ensures that your clock is running on "local" time rather then UTC (GMT) and syncs your software clock to the computers hardware clock on a reboot/shutdown. ...at least that's my understanding of it, someone please correct me if I am wrong. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
