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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] clock skew corrupts kernel builds?
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 06:17:55
Message-Id: 200412080815.19461.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] clock skew corrupts kernel builds? by Bastian Balthazar Bux
1 On Wednesday 08 December 2004 05:04, Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote:
2 > Jonathan Nichols wrote:
3 > >>> But when I build a new kernel, I get:
4 > >>> make: warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete.
5 > >>>
6 > >>> waz_up with this?
7 > >>>
8 > >>> Did I miss something? The clock in the kde menu bar is correct, and
9 > >>> matches
10 > >>> what I get when querying the system time with 'date'....
11 > >>>
12 > >>> Enlightenment would be appreciated...
13 > >
14 > > What about the date in the BIOS? I've seen that error before and
15 > > correcting the computer's BIOS date resolved the issue. Sure, you have
16 > > to reboot, but oh well.. :-)
17 >
18 > instead of a simply "date -set" ?
19
20 Nope. Date sets the system clock rather than the hardware clock. Try "hwclock
21 -w" or "hwclock -wu" depending whether you want your clock running GMT or
22 local time.
23
24 Uwe
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27 Alternative phrasing of the First Law of Thermodynamics:
28 If you eat it, and you don't burn it off, you'll sit on it.
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