[Bug 322518] Re: No obvious way to prevent ntpdate to be run when interface are brought up

2010-12-06 Thread victor.konstanti...@gmail.com
Colin: Synchronising the system time does not cause time zone difficulties. I use manual time to work around a bug in Evolution/Thunderbird/etc. And the purpose of my previous post was to give an example of "why manual time should be preferred for any case other than a complete lack of internet con

[Bug 322518] Re: No obvious way to prevent ntpdate to be run when interface are brought up

2010-06-22 Thread victor.konstanti...@gmail.com
"But I don't see why manual time should be preferred for any case other than a complete lack of internet connectivity!" I live in two different time zones. Whenever I change the system time zone, this messes up my synced phone's calendar. Therefore I do not change the system time zone and set my c

[Bug 544216] Re: time synchronizes even when config is set to manual

2010-03-22 Thread victor.konstanti...@gmail.com
By 'config' I referred to the 'Configuration' field described in the bug description. If there is a different "ntp(date) config", please instruct me how find it. I don't know what an interface is; below are the contents of my /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate file. #!/bin/sh set -e PATH=/sbin:/bin:/

[Bug 544216] [NEW] time synchronizes even when config is set to manual

2010-03-22 Thread victor.konstanti...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntpdate occurs in karmic, lucid (alpha3, beta1) i wanted to set my clock 2 hours forward. i went to system->administration->time and date, changed the time, and set the configuration field (the one about whether to sync with internet) to manual. after