On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 02:40, Richard Urwin wrote:
> On Sunday 02 Nov 2003 5:12 am, dfox wrote:
> > Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] 9.2: KDE Kicker Clock problem
> >
> > >Sounds like you may be missing one or more of these.
> > >
> > >locales-en-2.3.1.4-6mdk
> > >locales-2.3.1.4-6mdk
> >
> > I have the locales rpms installed but I have a different problem, and it
> > still isn't working quite right in 9.2. For whatever reason, the system
> > eventually changes to a strange time zone - sometimes it is as much as 7
> > hours off pst. When I start kde the clock is fine, but eventually
> > (sometimes in a few hours) will change the time all by itself.
> 
> Sounds like ntp reseting the clock to the wrong timezone?
> 

I'd go into MCC and reset time there rather than from KDE.  This way you
get NTP set as well.  

> > And does anyone else notice a screen blanking for a few seconds when the
> > user tries to have the kicker clock settings changed? It's happening
> > here, and it's a little bit disconcerting. The screen does reappear in a
> > few seconds, but I don't see any reason for a blanking.
> 
> I get that here, on 9.1

Yep normal operation.  When you reset time especially this much it has
to re-sync X.  Though I don't have the details I do know that X is time
dependent.  Which is why it needs to re-sync. 

James



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