gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org wrote: > 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 > -- > Maybe you'll find that intersesting: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/124619 antonio
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