perhaps if you continue to have problems you could give a more thorough explanation of the symptoms.
Like, is the clock racing ahead or behind? Is it just set to the wrong time on boot, but goes fine after it is set? On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 11:03 -0700, rob3 wrote: > David D. Rea wrote: > > >On Thu, May 19, 2005 10:15 am, rob3 said: > > > > > >>I am not certain if this is a Gentoo problem, a bios problem, a mobo > >>problem, or what. I just want to know if anyone else has seen it or > >>has it now. > >> > >>I can't keep the clock on the right time. This Dell 8600 Laptop has a > >>brand new mobo in it. So it seems crazy that the battery would be dead > >>already. Windoze shows the same behavior. > >> > >>Thanks, Rob > >> > >> > > > >Is the clock bouncing between two hour times while the minute stays more > >or less correct? If so, then Gentoo is probably setting the hardware clock > >to UTC (universal time, or Greenwich Mean Time) when it shuts down, and > >Windoze is expecting local time on bootup... They may be messing with each > >other?? > > > >Dave > > > > > > > I don't know. Dell support gave me a patch to the bios, so I will see > in the next day or so if it is bios, or OS issue.\ > > Thanks! Rob -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
