In the CLI, you can enter sudo dpkg --configure tzdata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Controls in Time manager are all disabled
On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 09:58:49AM +0000, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote: > Hi, my Debian Trixie is installed at last; thank you all who helped. BTW, > speech in GUI and console are working side by side like a charm. > > I've chosen Mate, and now I need to adjust the time; It is wrong, probably > because I chose local time instead of UTC during the installation, in > order > not to disturb the other installed OS. When I access the time manager > found > in Preferences -> hardware, all the controls such as the edit timezone > button and the hour selector are disabled, except the close button. I've > checked them using Orca's object navigating commands. > > Any hint please? > thanks, > Cleverson > You can possibly use the GNU date command and hwclock. In a terminal, as root / using sudo date -u 060316252025 [adjust for what timezone offest you need]. would set the date to UTC for 3 June 1625 2025 hwclock --systohc will set the hardware clock to the system time you've just set. Hope this helps Andy ([email protected])
