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From: Brian Parkhurst <brianp@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] hardware clock
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:01:28
Message-Id: 01a101c6102b$188b7a70$3302a8c0@finale.pyrobrian.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alpha] hardware clock by Richard Simpson
1 check /etc/conf.d/clock
2
3 You will need to enable synching of the hw clock to the system time on
4 shutdown/startup.
5
6 # /etc/conf.d/clock
7
8 # Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as
9 # Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then
10 # set CLOCK to "local".
11
12 CLOCK="local"
13
14 # If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
15 # you may do so here.
16
17 CLOCK_OPTS=""
18
19 # If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
20 # during shutdown, then say "yes" here.
21
22 CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
23
24
25 ### ALPHA SPECIFIC OPTIONS ###
26
27 # If your alpha uses the SRM console, set this to "yes".
28 SRM="yes"
29
30 # If your alpha uses the ARC console, set this to "yes".
31 ARC="no"
32 ~
33
34 ----- Original Message -----
35 From: "Richard Simpson" <gentoo@××××××××××××.uk>
36 To: <gentoo-alpha@l.g.o>
37 Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 2:31 PM
38 Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] hardware clock
39
40
41 > On Monday 02 January 2006 21:01, Jeff Sacksteder wrote:
42 >> Apparently, my hardware clock does not get synced to my system software
43 >> time when restarting. I'm not familiar with the operation of the
44 >> hardware clock on my platform - Rawhide(1000,4300,530x).
45 >>
46 >> What app is responsible for setting the time?
47 >
48 > On my system (164LX) I believe that basic clock manipulation is done via
49 > hwclock. I have ntp installed and it keeps my clock set perfectly.
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