Some more comments:

1. The hostname I specified to the installer didn't make it into
/System/Settings/hosts either. The hostname used there was NewMachine.
2. The release notes page for version 16 (
http://gobolinux.org/?page=release_notes_016) says "Here is the complete
list of programs you will find included in the GoboLinux *015* ISO image:".
The version number is wrong.

I am continuing to try to use this system experimentally. I worked around
the need for a static IP address by using the address-assignment feature in
my wifi base station's dhcp server to assign the address I need to the
machine running.

Where is the documentation for how to enable/disable services, e.g., sshd?
Is there an ntp daemon? I can't find it.

/Don Allen

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Donald Allen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 1. I have just installed the latest release of Gobolinux on a Thinkpad
> R500. I actually have done the installation twice, because the first time,
> despite being quite sure that I'd specified that the system clock was set
> to UTC, when I brought the system up, the date command reported the time as
> the UTC time, but with the correct timezone (EST; I had specified the
> timezone as America/New_York during the install). I redid the install to be
> absolutely sure I specified that the clock was set to UTC and also checked
> the system time in the BIOS. The system clock is indeed set to UTC and I
> set the localtime vs UTC choice correctly during installation. The system
> is not making the timezone adjustment.This is because, despite what I said
> to the installer, the ClockMode variable in /System/Settings/BootOptions is
> set to LocalTime. Furthermore, I gave the system a name while running the
> installer. That name did not get recorded in this file. The HostName entry
> is set to NewMachine, instead of the name I specified.
>
> I corrected both problems in BootOptions, rebooted, fixed the time in the
> BIOS (which got set 5 hours late after I changed BootOptions) and now both
> the system name and time are correct. You clearly have issues with the
> installer.
>
> 2. On the page https://github.com/gobolinux/Documentation/wiki/
> Configuring-GoboLinux, the word 'occasionally' is mis-spelled.
>
> 3. This section -- https://github.com/gobolinux/Documentation/wiki/
> Configuring-the-boot-process#Network_configuration -- talks about a
> NetworkOptions file. That file is nowhere to be found. The section doesn't
> say where the file lives, if it existed, but I presume /System/Setinngs.
> Aside from this mystery file, this section does not document how to set up
> wpa-protected wifi with static ip addresses, something I need. I have
> multiple Linux/BSD machines, all with static addresses, so I can record the
> name/address mapping in /etc/hosts.
>
> I think you have a nice idea here, but it appears that there are
> installer, documentation, and QA problems. I hope you find this feedback
> constructive.
>
> /Don Allen
>
>
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