Re: [expert] Adjusting time crashed Dolphin!
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 17:01 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: > >>Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Last time I experienced a *total* crash of my linux box was years in >>>the past. And today! >> > > [] > >>wobo! that sounds really nasty. what-a-ya s'pose happened to cause it? >> > > > Could be several reasons. What left me really disturbed is the first > case. I never thought that Linux is that unstable that it reboots on > it's own will. > > I don't really care for crashing X-apps. But reboot the whole box? > Scary! > > wobo > that is very strange, however it's been my experience that it takes something pretty serious to cause a system restart like that. some where some instructions got very scrambled up. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Adjusting time crashed Dolphin!
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 17:01 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Last time I experienced a *total* crash of my linux box was years in > >the past. And today! [] > > wobo! that sounds really nasty. what-a-ya s'pose happened to cause it? > Could be several reasons. What left me really disturbed is the first case. I never thought that Linux is that unstable that it reboots on it's own will. I don't really care for crashing X-apps. But reboot the whole box? Scary! wobo -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Adjusting time crashed Dolphin!
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > Last time I experienced a *total* crash of my linux box was years in > the past. And today! > > Installed 9.0 and missed the part where you give timezone and whether > your hwclock is on UTC or not. > > OK, so I looked at /etc/sysconfig/clock and it was UTC=True. Good. > I started GNOME and the clock said 15:20 > In reality it was 17:20. As we are at GMT +0200 I thought, oh, well > the timezone is missing. > > I started MCC and the time adjustment facility. I marked "GMT +0200" > and hit the OK button. Crash! Screen went blank and the box REBOOTED! > > After I recovered from a near heart attack I repeated the same steps > and this time only the X-Server crashed! Third time nothing happened > but the clock still showed the wrong time. > > I adjusted it on the cli. > > wobo wobo! that sounds really nasty. what-a-ya s'pose happened to cause it? Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
