Mark Chou wrote: >OK, after investigating a bit, I can describe what's going on a bit >better, although I don't think I'm any closer to a solution. > >The machine in question is a desktop, not a laptop, and I don't run >apmd. However, in BIOS I do set monitor suspend/standby. > >Timezone is set _correctly_, in the sense that hwclock or date reports >PDT (after I installed timeconfig). However, if my monitor goes into >standby, whenever I "wake the system up," the system clock (date) will >not reflect the correct hardware clock (hwclock) time. The system time >will be off by 9 hours (before hwclock time). This leads me to believe >that the kernel (or some libraries) doesn't reset the system clock >correctly upon resuming from suspend. (Again, date and hwconfig >indicate the same time zone, PDT, but the time doesn't agree with each >other. > >I don't think this has to do with a improperly linked timezone file, >since I wrote in my original post >/etc/localtime==/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific==/usr/share/zoneinfo/SystemV/PDT8PST. > >Strangely enough I have two other systems similary installed with >MDK8.0, but they don't exhibit this warped system time behavior. > ></rant mode> >I've been a long time Linux user ~9yrs., but I'm getting really >exasperated w/ Linux. I largely use Mandrake because it comes >precompiled w /i586 optimizations, so I don't have to jack around too >much. I think the religion of "robust and reliable" is wearing a bit >thin. Most of the recent (RedHat & Mandrake) distributions lately have >been unusable in a fundamental sense, and I no longer have the patience >to tinker w/basic issues, I just want the system to be "robust and >reliable" and minimize administration. That shouldn't be to much to >ask?? It's not as if I also have the most "bleeding edge" stuff that >wraks havoc on systems. > >I think I'm going to move to freeBSD. More reliable, and less >administrative overhead. This from a long time believer in Linux. ></rant mode off> > >Thanks, >Mark > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > The solution is simple.. o O (I think) You have your hardware set to the GMT timezone, as that is the exact number of timezones from the GMT or in otherwords, the Universal Time Coordinated to Pacific Daylight-savings Time (PDT). Change that and you should be all good. Just use MCC (Mandrake Control Center). HTH
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