[expert] RE: KDE clock
Just a note to pass along a solution to the problem with the KDE clock outlined below. I found this in the KDE buglist... In my 8.0 installation, the location /etc/localtime was a directory which appeared to be a copy of /usr/share/zoneinfo. The buglist suggested moving /etc/localtime to /etc/localtime_old, then ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Pacific /etc/localtime to link /etc/localtime to the *file* containing the correct zone information. Lo, and behold - it worked! Thanks for the other suggestions! Mike *** Having an interesting time with the KDE clock applet in Mandrake 8.0... It can only display UTC; any attempt to change the time zone results in a dialog box reporting "Error setting new time zone!" and the clock remains in UTC. The Mandrake Control Center allows the time zone to be changed, but the change is not correctly reflected in the KDE clock. An odd thing: the list of time zone choices given for the KDE clock applet is different from the list in the Control Center. Does the KDE clock applet not look in /usr/share/zoneinfo for data? Using the "date" command with no parameters returns UTC; setting the TZ variable in a shell appears to work, so I tried setting TZ within /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit in the system clock initialization section. On boot, it then reported that the system clock was being set to PDT (correct), but the system time still appeared to be UTC. Anyone seen this before? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE clock
Don't feel bad, I've had nothing but frustration in trying to get my LM7.2 server to have the hardware clock set to GMT and have samba act as a timeserver and serve the correct time to WinXX clients. The problem I experience is the exact same thing you describe. If I set the hardware clock to GMT and zoneinfo to CST (where I live) all windows clients get sent time that is +5 hours (or +6 daylight time) ahead of what the actual time is. It seems a time offset is getting applied either twice or once in the wrong direction. I still owe Bartlett a level 10 debug of this problem, but I have been snowed under in my real job and haven't had time to jack with this in the past month or so. I have posted numerous messages several months ago on this issue that contain quite a bit more detail of the phenomenon, but that's where I am on this issue now. Mike Brodie wrote: > El Domingo 12 Agosto 2001 05:31, escribiste: > > >> Having an interesting time with the KDE clock applet in Mandrake 8.0... > >> > >> It can only display UTC; any attempt to change the time zone results in > >> a dialog box reporting "Error setting new time zone!" and the clock > >> remains in UTC. > >> > >> The Mandrake Control Center allows the time zone to be changed, but the > >> change is not correctly reflected in the KDE clock. An odd thing: the > >> list of time zone choices given for the KDE clock applet is different > >> from the list in the Control Center. Does the KDE clock applet not look > >> in /usr/share/zoneinfo for data? > >> > >> Using the "date" command with no parameters returns UTC; setting the TZ > >> variable in a shell appears to work, so I tried setting TZ within > >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit in the system clock initialization section. On > >> boot, it then reported that the system clock was being set to PDT > >> (correct), but the system time still appeared to be UTC. > >> > >> Anyone seen this before? > > > > >Yeah me!!! 24.00 hours is not natural for every body, it is esasy to change, > > >make left click on the clock, in the menu there choose date and time, in the > >menu on the screen choose the subwindow called Time&dates in the dialog Box > >Time format change %H:%M:%S by %I:%M:%S and > > >Thats all folks! > > >Saludos > > >Hector Perez C "Dr PC" > > ** > Thank you for the quick reply, but the problem is actually different. I > can change the time format (eg 24 hr to 12 Hr) - that works just fine, > it's changing the time zone which doesn't work. > > As stated above, when I right click on the KDE clock and select "Adjust > Date & Time" (which requires root access) and select the proper time > zone for my locale from the list under the "Time Zone" tab (I pick > America/Vancouver; for some reason Canada/Pacific isn't there, even > though it exists under /usr/share/zoneinfo) I get the "Error setting > time zone" error dialog and the time display remains in UTC, or PDT + 7 > hours. > > Still puzzled... > > Mike > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://.mandrakestore.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. ASEL -- Instrument Nacogdoches, Texas N31 34.7 W094 42.6 355 MSL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: KDE clock
El Domingo 12 Agosto 2001 05:31, escribiste: >> Having an interesting time with the KDE clock applet in Mandrake 8.0... >> >> It can only display UTC; any attempt to change the time zone results in >> a dialog box reporting "Error setting new time zone!" and the clock >> remains in UTC. >> >> The Mandrake Control Center allows the time zone to be changed, but the >> change is not correctly reflected in the KDE clock. An odd thing: the >> list of time zone choices given for the KDE clock applet is different >> from the list in the Control Center. Does the KDE clock applet not look >> in /usr/share/zoneinfo for data? >> >> Using the "date" command with no parameters returns UTC; setting the TZ >> variable in a shell appears to work, so I tried setting TZ within >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit in the system clock initialization section. On >> boot, it then reported that the system clock was being set to PDT >> (correct), but the system time still appeared to be UTC. >> >> Anyone seen this before? > >Yeah me!!! 24.00 hours is not natural for every body, it is esasy to change, >make left click on the clock, in the menu there choose date and time, in the >menu on the screen choose the subwindow called Time&dates in the dialog Box >Time format change %H:%M:%S by %I:%M:%S and >Thats all folks! >Saludos >Hector Perez C "Dr PC" ** Thank you for the quick reply, but the problem is actually different. I can change the time format (eg 24 hr to 12 Hr) - that works just fine, it's changing the time zone which doesn't work. As stated above, when I right click on the KDE clock and select "Adjust Date & Time" (which requires root access) and select the proper time zone for my locale from the list under the "Time Zone" tab (I pick America/Vancouver; for some reason Canada/Pacific isn't there, even though it exists under /usr/share/zoneinfo) I get the "Error setting time zone" error dialog and the time display remains in UTC, or PDT + 7 hours. Still puzzled... Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
